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COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1852. Vr()LUME XLII. NUMBER 51. lllcckln (DI)to State Journal IS PUBLISHED AT COMJMliUS EVKRY TUESDAY MORNING, or SCOTT ft BASCOM, JOCSJUL Bl'lLIHOI( muH AWD rUU 8IUCTB INTEASCS ON QIOB. TFRM&Tnvfirinkvinatlpanre-1ii Columbus, K-OOnyear; liT ma.il, 1 50 ; clubs of lour aud upwards, ; of tea anil up-Wards, $1.'N. Til K DA I LY JOURNAL Is furabtbwl to city aubscribers at $6-00, and by umll Ht Wi (sta war. THE TIU-WEEKLY JUUltNAL la S3.00 nyear. RA TES OF AD VER TISIXOW THE WEEK LY JO VRNAL 11 1 nUftrs, ,Sel8el, So 8c 8clSc Sc 8 Sold SO. 761 001 2i'il 702 2u3 M4 006 008 W8 00 2i.u.rei, I 751 251 762 26 3 60 4 006 (10 0 00 8 00 8qum, 1 00 1 76 2 26 3 60 4 60 5 0011 60 8 0011. 4 cium:0) 1 26 2 26 3 60 4 00 6 00 0 00,8 0010. 14. 12. 15. 23. ll nn rh.nimnt.lA mnlillilv. S'JIia Vi-nr : weekly i2fl. column, rhmiL'i'Hliln qiuirterly !. Ui roinmti. eliioiirenble uttartcrlv, ft column, 1 cliutiKfAblH quarterly lUG. 10 lines of Hits stw'd typp Is reckoned nsiuare. Advertisements ordered oti the bn-idtt exclusively, doodle t lie above rules. All leaded, nolle churned double, aud iiituutured as if mild. Sketches of Eminent itlcn, From Harper's Mgnzlnn lor August. HENHY CLAY. PERSON AL AN EC DOT Its, INCIDENTS, ETC. Wo have just returned from the Park and' City Hall, und frum witiicshing ih Inn;; proces-inn, ' meluncholy elow," that accompanied iho remains of the "(J rent Commoner' und great htiitesmuii, HkhhY Clat, to their temporary resting place in the Governor's Room. Il win not tho weeping flags hi. half-mast throughout llie city ! nut tho tolling i) Dm bell, t ho sitjcnm booming uf the minuTi puii, nor the plaintive strains of funeral music, which brought ihe tears to the eyos of thou- sumls, nfi Un mournful cavalcade pnssed on. For In re were the lifeless limbs, the dimmed eye, the hushed voice, th -it iifV'-r t-limild move, nor sparkle, nor resound iti eloquent Inues ugniu! The Inst time wo hud a en Henry Clay wns, fttnnd- ihg in nn open hnrouehe, on the very spot where his heinsonow paused, in front of ihe City Hull. He wits addressing then n vast concourse of bin fellow citizens, who li'id iintii'inli'ed to flo him honor; and never tjlmll wo forget tin) exquisite grace of his gestures, I ho ine lndieus tunes uf hi matchless voice, and the interior look of his -yiH nfl if lie were rrnhfir apoken from, ttimi tpeaking. It wua an occiimoii not to be foruiten. It is proposed, in tho prcHi-nt nvtule, to nfford llie reader ioni opportunity "f jtidgin of the clmrHCter and iii'iuiiiT ot Mr. (Jlny, lioth oh mi orator and n iiihii, nnd ol his pi'iiernl h ihils, from n fi w clmrncierisiie hii- I ecdott hik! irii'iilcnls, wliich have n well Butlieriti- I cut i'd h-n'tolore, or me now for ilm firnt lime comniu-1 nii-ati'd io tho writer. llionjhy. in Mr Chiy's ruse; , lei" iilri'iidy occupird much of llie spnee of nil our public j niriiaN; we rihull. therefore, omit purticulars winch ure imw mre or leos fiimiliur to the general : roHiier. i It Wat the rfitnrk of a iltstinimWd Benntor, t hut Mr. Cln)'i elnqih'iiro wns iilisolulety iiitniigiblo (o de-: lim aliou ; that the most Utliorcd and tlnillnif! devcrip 1 lion Coiiid not uiobrni'e tt ; und thnt, to bo iHidcntood, it huh I be tem and (. During his limy public lift' lie niichiiiited millions, nnd no olio could i how he did it. Ho wns nn oratur by nature His entile vyo buriifd with Irue pitriotic nnlor, or fluihod iiulinnliun hii (J deli, litre, tipoii Iti.- loes, or wim soti'uned with tears of eoiniiiitei'iittoii or of pity; mid il wui bei:ntise hi: lelr, that ho ntatle oikerM feet. "The cleiir conception, the liifjli put pi mo, the firm resolve, llin flannileia spirit, spe.tluu on (he tongue, l Mining.' Irmn the eye, inform itiL' every feature, mid iiffjiiiy llie whole mini onward, riyht onwui (I to his object' Mi j was ihn eloipience of ll' iiry Cluy ; or, rniber, to pursue (lie deliniiion, "it was somH hint; ("reiiier and higher than eloipueltco; it win action noble, sublime, Gun-like," While ihe collin containing all lliat remnitn'd of the pro it Orator uf Nature was being curried up the steps of the (Jit) Hull, a by slmiilcr reimnki'd, in hoiirii g of the writer : Well, we never rimll look upon hii likenpiun. What nn orator lio wnt ! 1 henrd lum speak but once, yet that once I bli n 1 1 always temeiiiber. It was a pood inuny years ng i, How, It wim in iho immense i tir-lioiife or depot, at Hyrncnse. The crowd was im mouse; nnd eve ry on o was turned toward the pint-form from which he wns to speak, iim it (he whole crowd were hut one expectuiit luce. Presently ho anise lull, erect as n statue looked familiarly around upon the nudienc", us if he were in mi assembly of porsonnl friends, (us in truih lie was,) ai.d begun. He comuo ncril ainnlst the most breal'i-less silent ; nnd n ho warmed up with bin subject, thero was not a look of his eye, not a movement ot his long, graceful ribt arm, not a swaying of hit burly, tli'il was not full of prare and ell'ect. Such a voice I never henid. It uh womlerlul ! A pentlc man, after heming ono of Mr. Clay's innptii- hi-eiil peuonmiiict s in the nemite, tints tlesciltics Dim " Kvery muscle of ihe orator's fine wus at work. His wbolo body seemed n .-Mtitf d, as il each part was in st i lift with a 6"(arate ble; nnd bis small white huml, with its blue veins apparently ilistt'ii'led almost to bursting, moved gracefully, but with all the energy of npid and vehement gesture. The nppenraiire ul the speaker seemed tint of a pure iniclb ci, wroupbi up to its mightiest energie, and bri'luly tthinuiK througli the thin and transparent vail of llei.li that invested it." It it much to be laincutt d that no painting exists of Ihe ilepuitiu statesman that really does bun Justice. What a treasure to the country, mid In the fi lends of the " Great Commoner," wo;ild be a portrait, at this time, Iroin the I iitlitul ami glowing pencil ot our pro eminent artist, Elli u! Hut it is inw " Ion lale." Once he took out Ins mm If. box, nml, nfter tnkirig a pinch ( suiilV nnd returning the box to his pork el, he illutlratcd a point which he win m-iluug by an niioo dote : " While I was abroad," said he, "laboring to ar range the terms of the Treaty of Ghent, there nnoenred a report of lb negn' bilious, or letters rebttivo (hereto; ami several (piotaiioiis irom my nuimrKs or letters. toocliinq certain stipillaiions in the treaty, renchttl Kentucky, and were read by niv Coiistitueuti, " Among litem was nn odd obi fellow, who went by the niekniiino of' Old Samluiky,' and be was rending one of tlit-Be letters, one owning, nt n near resort, to a small collection of the neighbor As ho rend on, he came across llio seiib ncu, This must bo deemed a tine qua non.' What's a tine qua nont' said a hulf dozen by-simi- iters. 41 ' Old Sandusky ' was a little bothered nt fint, hut Ilia good sense ami natural shrewdness was fully cipiul to n mastery of the Latin.' "Simp qua nont' snid 'Old Sandusky,' repealing tho questim very slowJv i 'why. Sine Qua A'on is three i-dnuda in Passntnnipnaldy M tv, and llarry Clay is the Inst mm to give Ihem up! No Sine Qua Non, no treaty,' he says ; nml he'll siirk to it !' " You should have saeii th" laughing eye, llie change in the speaker's voice and manner, said ihe narrator, to understand th" electric ell'ect the story bad upon ihe audience. rrevioiti to Mr. Clay' entrance upon public life, in the service of his country, and whilw lie watyet young In the praciire ol the law, in Kentucky, the billowing striking incident is relnted of bun: Two Germans, father nnd ion, were indicted for murder, r nd were tried for the crime. Mr. Clay was employed to defend them. The act of killing was proved by evidence so clear and strong, that it was considered not only a cane uf murder, but an exceed-inglv aggravated one. The trial lasted five days, nt the close of which he addressed the jury in the most impassioned and ebupient n miner ; anil they were so moved by bis pathetic appeals, ihnt they rendered a verdict ot manslaughter only. Alter another hard day' struggle, he succeeded in obtaining an arrest ol iudgmeut, by which his clietiis, in whose rase he thought there was nu absence of ull ' malice prepense," were set at liberty. They expressed their gratitude in the warmest terms to their deliverer, in which they wen-joined by an old and ill-favored f inale, ihe wile of one and the mother of the other, who adopted n ditb-renl mode, however, of tcndeiing her ili niln, which wm by throwing her arms around Mr. City's neck, and repeatedly kissing him, in the presence of a rrowdi d court room ! Mr. Clay respected her feelings too much to repulse her; but he was often afterward heard to say, that it was ' llie longest and strongest embrace he ever en countered in bis professional practice!" Henry Clay commence hit sway over the minds of tie-1 liiieiauve nun. The subjoined incident, connected with Mr. Clay's style of slump-speaking," is related in "Mallory's Llie of oar illustrious subject. Il illustrates Ins luct Hint ingenuity in seizing and turning lo gticd account trivial circumstances J Mr. Clay hud been spiking for somo time, when a company of riflemen, who had been performing mili tary exercise, attracted hy Ins altitude, concluded to go and hear what the lellow Itau to sav," as tlicy termed it, at d accordingly drew near. They listened wilh respectful attention, and evidently with deep interest, until be cloned, whim one of their number, a mail of about fifty years of age, who bad seen much back-wood's service, stood leiming on his rifle, regarding tho young speaker with a fixed aud iHga ious look. He was probably the Nimn d of the company, for he exhibited everv characieri-tic f a "mighty hunter." fie had buckskin b'eecheH, and hunting shirt, coon-ntfin cup, black huhy beard, nnd a visage of the color nml texture of his 4ti!!et-pniirli, At his belt hung the knife aud hatchet, and the huge, indispensable powder born across a breast bare and brown as the hills he traversed in bis forays, yet it covered a brave nnd noble heat t. Ho beckoned with his h'tiid to Mr Clay to approach him. Mr. Clny immediate'y complied. " Young num." Miid he, " you wtint to go to the Legislature, I see." "Why, yes," replied Mr.Clay; "yes, IMoud like to go, since iny friends have put ma up us a candidnlo before the people. I don't wish to be defeated, ol course; few people do." "Are ynu a good shot, young maul" asked tho hunter. I consider myself as good as any in the county." " Then you shall go; but you must give us a specimen of your skill ; we must see you shoot." ' I never shoot any ri tie but my own, aud lint is nt home," snid the young orator, ' No matter," quickly responded the hunter, here's Ula lieu; she novor lulled yel m lie hands ol a marks- man. 8hu has put a bullet through many n squirrel's Head at a Hundred yards, and day-Iiglit through many tt red-akin twice that dUtnnco. If you can shout any gun. young man, you can shoot uirt Hess! " " Very well, then," replied Mr. Clay, " put up your tiiai K ! put tip your mant v The target was placed nt about the distance of eighty yards, when, with nil the coolness und steadiness of nu old experienced niarkfiiiati, be drew "Old Hess" to his shoulder, and tired. The bullet pierced the target hoar the centre. " Oh, Unit's a chance shot ! n chnnco shot.'" exclaimed several of his political opponents ; " he might shoot all day ami not hit the mark ugain. Let him try it over! let him try it over!" " No, no " rntnried Mr. Clay, beat that, and thtn I ill!" At no one seemed disposed to make the attempt, it was considered Unit he hud given satisfactory pr. of of being, ns he said, " the best shot in the county ;" und ibis unimportant incident gained him the vote of every hunter and markumail in the usembly, which wu compofud piiucipally of that class of persons, as well the support ol ihe suine throughout the county. Mr. Clay wus frequently heard to say: "I hail never he foro fired n rtlle, and have not since!" It wis in turning liltto ihinps like ihese to ncrount, hat Mr. Clay, in ihe curlier iteriod of bis career, was so remarkable. Two oiher iuatances of this kind, although not new, may be npprnpiiately mentioned in this connexion. In 1805 an attempt wns made to obtnin the. removal f the capital from Krnnkfort, Kentucky. Mr. Clay. in a speech delivered at the time, reverted to the physical nppnnralice of the place, as furnii-hing hii argil- out in tavor ot the proposed removal, rranklortis ailed in on all sides hy lowering, rocky precipices, and in its general conformation, s nut unlike a great pit. "It presents, khuI Mr. (Jlny, In Ins remarks up'n he sum- c, "the model ol an inverted hat. r rnnktort is the body of the hat, aud ihe binds ailj iceni are the biim. To change the figure, it is Nature's great peni leiiliary; ond if the members would know ihe bodily cocdiiion of the primners, let them look at Ihece poor creatures ill tho gallery." As he aiud this, lie directed Ihe attention of Ihe members of the Legislature to some hall-dozen emaciated, siicctre-bko Mitriniriis of humanity, who ap peared to be moping about there, looking ns if they had just stolen a march from the grave-yard. On ob serving tho eyet of the lions' lluis turned toward (hem, and aware ol their Hl-luvored aspect, they sereemd themselves with such ridiculous precipitancy iielnmi tlie pillars nnd railing, as to cause tlie most violent laughter. This well-directed hit wns successful ; ami tho Hoiiso gave their votes in lavor of the meas ure. The seennd instance is doubtlen more fnmiliar to the reader; but Invbig "spoken id' guns," it may not be amiss to q oto it here : During nu excited political cnuvnss.Mr. Clay metnn old htititer, who hnd previously been his devoted friend, but who now opposed him, on the ground of "the com pensation bill, "Have you a good rifle, my friend T" asked Mr. Clay. " Yes," said tho hunter. "Docs it ever flash in the pun!" continued Mr. Clny. " It never did but once in the world," said the hun ter. exiiltiTiglv. ' Well, what did yon do with it? You didn't throw it away, did you I" " No; I picked the fl;nt, tried it ngaiti, und brought nowti me game."' ' Have ever ' flushed.'" continued Mr, Clny, i cept on the 'compensation bill V " " No. 1 cali'l a that jnti ever did." " Well, will ynu throw me away V said Mr. Cl;y " No, no!" responded the huntsman, touching on ihe right point ; "no; I II pick the jlmt, and try un attaint And ever afterward be wns iho unwavering Iritii d oi iwr. utay. From the same authority we derive another election anecdote, which Mr. Clny wns wont to mention to his mends, in a political canvass in fv Murky, Mr. Clny, and Mr. Pone, a ono-arined ninn, were candidates for the snmo ullico. An IrMi barber, residing at Lexington, hail nlwnv" given Mr. Clay his vote, nod on all oc casions, when bo wns n candidate for olliro, election. erred warmly for him. lie was "Iiish nil over," und was frequent I v in "scrapes," from which Mr. Clay gen ernliy sucrerdei in rescuing turn. Nomeliody, just he- lore ihe election took place, "came llie evil eye" over him; lor when asked who lie wns going to vote for, tie replied,"! m"nn to vote for the man who cuu't put more nor one nana into llie ireasiirv I ' A few tlnvs niter the election, the barber met Mr. Clay in Lexington, and approaching him began lo cry siivmg thai lie had wronged him, nnd repented Ins in gratitude. " My wife." said he. " cot round me, blub bering, nnd told me that I wns too bad, to desert, like a base spnlieen, meoiild frind. ' Niver's the time,' sbys she, 1 when yon got in jnil or in any bad fix, aierr's ihe time he didn't come nnd help you out. Oi-hl bud hick to yoti br tint piving him your vote!'" Mr. Clay ver tailed to gain Ins vote alterwuru. The combatants were now neurly exhausted; but the goat had the advantage, for he was gaining breath ull the while the stutcHui"u was losing it. " Hoy!' exclaimed Mr. Uhiy, pulling and blowing, this is rather au awkward buiiuecs. What am 1 todo next?' Whv. don't vou know I' said a little fellow, ma king his uwn preparations to rim, ns he spoke: 'all you've got to do is lo let go, and run like blaze!' The- hint was taken at once, much to the umusement ol the boys who had been lectured.' " The collisions between Mr. Clay and Randolph in Congress and out of it, are well known to the public, 't he following circumstance, however, has seldom been quoted. When the Missouri Compromise ques'ion wns bofore Congress, aud the fury of ihe contending parties Imd broken down almost every barrier of order and decency, Mr. Randolph, much excited, approaching Mr. day, said: "Mr. Speaker, I wish you would leave the House. I will billow you to Kentucky, or any where else in the world." Mr. Clay regarded him with one of his most searching looks for uu inatantj and then replied, in an uuder-tone:" Mr. Randolph, your proposition is an exceedingly serious one, and demands most serious consideration. Re kind enough to call at my room to-morrow morning, and we will deliberate over it together." Mr. Randolph called punctually at the moment; they talked long upon Ihe much agitated subject, without coming to any ugreemeni, anu Air. uanooipu arose io leave. "Mr- Randolph," itid Mr. Clay, ns ihe former was about stepning Irom the hoiiso, " witli your permission, I will embrace the present occasion to observe, that your language and deportment on the floor of the House, it hns occurred to me, were raihcr indecorous and ungetitlemnnlv. on several occasions, anil very an noying, indeed, to me; for, being in the chair, I hud no opportunity ol replying. While admitting thai this might, perhaps, be so, Mr. Rand ol nil excused it, on the ground of Mr. Clay's in attention to his remarks, and uhking for a pinch of snuff while he was addressing him, &a, &a. Mr. Clay, in renlv. said ; "Oh, you are certainly mistaken, Mr. Rnndolph, if you think I do not Jlileu to you. l frequently itirtt uwav my head, it is true, unu ask lor a pincu id siitdl still, I bear every thing you suy, although I may mm to hear nothing; and. retentive us 1 Know your memo ry to be, I will wager that I can repent as many of your peecties ns yon yourseii can : " Well," answered Randolph, "I don't know but I am miataken; and suppose we drop tne mutter, shuke bunds, and become good II lends again f Agreed! " satd Mr. Cluy, extending uta baud, which was cordially grasped ny iir. uuhdoipn. During the same session, and some time before this interview, Mr, Uandolph accosted Mr Clay with j look and manner much agitated, nnd exhibited to him n lei tcr, couched in very abusive terms, threatening lo cow hide him, tic; and ticket I Mr. Clay's advice as to the course lie should pursue in relation to it. What cuused the writer to send you sucn an insult ing epistle, Mr. Randolph?" asked Mr Clny. '' Why. I suppose," said Randolph, " it was in conse quence of what 1 said to him the oilier day." " What aid ynu say t" "Why, sir, I wus standing in the vestibule of tin House, when the writer CHine up and introduced to me a gentle tiititi who accompanied him; and 1 asked him at right he hud to introduce that man to me, and told him that the man had just as good a right to intro-Iroduce Aim lo me; whereat he was very indignant, said I hnd treated him Brandaloiily, mid tinning on his heel, went away. I think that must have made bun write Hie letter. Don't on th ink ho wns a Utile out of kit head to tulk in Ihnt way V asked Mr. Clny. Why, I vo Deeu lliinKing ntioiu mat, snid Kati- ilotpy : " I have some doubts repecting Ins sanity." "Well, that being llie cuse, would it Hot be llie wi- est coin so not to bring the matter before ihe House f I will direct tho senjennt at arms to keep a sharp Inok- iitt lor the mmi, and to cause Idm to be urresied should he attempt any thing improper. Mr. Uundoipli acquiesced in tins opinion, and not ling more was evtr heard of ihe subject. Another incident tombing Mr. Clay and Mr. Ran dolph, will be rend with inn-rest: At one lime. Mr. Kaudolpti, in a strain ot molt scorch ing irony, had indulged ill some personal taunts toward Mr. Clay, commiserating his ignorance and limited ed ucation, to whom Mr. Clay thus replied: Mir, the genllt-innn trout Virginia wus pienseu to say. that in utie point at lenst, be coincided w i ill me in hii humble estimate nf my phi'ologtcnl acquirements, Hir, I know my ilehciencies. I whs born lo no proud pain- moniul estate from my lather. I inherited only infancy. ignorance, nnd indulgence. I feel my delects, but, so tar ns my situation in early hie is concerned, 1 may wnhoiil presumption any, lhey ate more my miMortuiie than my full it. Hut, however 1 may deploro my ina bility 1" furnish to the gentleman heller specimen of verbal criticism, I will venture lo sny my regret i not greater than the disappointment n linn committee, ns lo the strength o lit argument. An anecdote Is relnted of Mr. Clny, aptly illmtrn ling hiaabilly to ennotu.ter opposition, in whatever manner presented. A me n her from Connecticut hail endeavored to inspire the younger numbers of ihe Senate with n respect lor him, nearly allied to awe and to ibis end wns accustomed to use toward them harsh nml haughty language, but eecialy to mnke an j ostentatious display ol Ins nitninmenti. and Ins supposed superior knowledge nf llie subject under discus sion. Mr. C lav con hi ill brook, hia insolent looks and Inngunge, and hnushty, overbeming manner, and took occasion in his speech to bit them oil', which he did by quoting feler 1 tudar S Alngpiet "Thus hsra I seen a miRpIo In the atrast, A chattrrlnt; bird we often meet, A I'ird fur curlinlt? well known, With hesd swrjr, And cunning rye, leep knowingly into a msrruw.bonel" "It would be difliculi," says the biographer who relates this circumstance, " to say wliich was the greater, the merriment which this sally caused, or the chagrin of (he satirized Senator. The particulars of the duel hetwecn Mr. Randolph nd Mr. Clay may be unknown to some of our readers. Die eccentric descendant of Pocahontas appeared on the "tumid iii a huge morning gown. This garment cuustituted such a vast circumlcrciice that Iho "loculi ty of the swarthy Senuior." was at least a matter s f very vngue coiii'-cluie. The parlies exchanged shots. and the bull ul Mr. Clny tut ihe centre of ihu visible object, but Mr. Randolph wnt not there! The latter had find in the air, and immediately alter the ex change of shots he walked up to Mr. Clny, purled the folds of his gown, pointed to the hole wIot- Hie lu I let of the former hud pierced bis coat, and, in llie fhrtllest tones o hit piercing voice, exrlaum-d, "Mr, Clay, yen owe me a coat -you owe me a contl" In which Mr. Clay replied, in u voice oi slow anil solemn enipbusis, at tlie same lime pointing direcllv at Mr. Randolph's heart, " Mr. Rmulolph, I thank God that 1 am no tlteptrm your dent I The annexed rejoinder apily illustrates Mr. Clay's readiness at repartee; At the time of the pnssnce of the tariff bill, ns the House was about adjourning, a 1 1 lend ot the n il oh' served to Mr. Clay, " Wo have done pretty well to day." "Very well, indeed," rejoined Mr. CIsy "very wen: wn innilo a good sihihi, considering we lat both our Ftet;" alluding to Mr. Kooteol New York, nml Mr. foot of Connecticut, both having opposed the bill, nllhough it was cuiihdeiiiiy expected, a short lime previous, that both would support it. Altor the nomination of Gen. Taylor ns a candidate for Ihe Presidency, mttdo by ihe W big Convention at I'biladelpliia, in June, 1844, many ot Ihe mends ol Mr, Clay were greatly disaiilied, not lo any exnsperated. by what they deemed an abandonment ot principle, ami uniairnesB in mo proceedings oi tun. ootiy: meetings were held in this city, at which ilelegutea from the northern nnd western parts of this Statu and from the Htate of New Jersey attended, and various arrange. ineiits, preliminniy lo placing Mr. Clay again in nomination tor llirttollice, were made and perfected. These steps were not concealed, and many of the Irieiids of General Taylor were so uncharitable ns to uvow their belief thnt Ihts dissalisfxcliou wns fostered anil en-coiirag d hy Mr. Clny himself. The following extract from a letter written to a friond in this city," one who hail trotn the beginning opposed tlie movement, will exhibit Mr. Clay a true sentiments nn that subject : "Amilakd, lCih October, 1848, " Mr Dr.AR Sir I duly received our obliging let- ter of the &ih instant, and I have perused it with the greatest saiislnction. "Tlie vivid picture which you have drawn of the enthusiastic Htlachmenl, the unbounded confidence, and the entire devotion of my warm-hearted blends in the city of New York, has filled uie with the liveliest emo tion ol urntiiuue. "There was but one more proof wanting of their goodness, to complete and perpetuate my ureal obh gatious to them, and that lhey have kindly given, in def.-renco to my a minus wishes; it wns, not to insist upon the use ol my name as a candidate tor mo 1'rcsi- lency, ntter the promuigntiuu oi my desire to the con trary. '"But. my dear sir,' ho playfully answered, Oti have a cold band to convey these sentiment to an lu-valid such ns I am. Come, draw up a chair and sit near me; lam compelled to UBe my ytce but little, ami very carefully.' " Doing as he desired, I expressed my deep regret that he was confined to a sick room, nnd added, that I hoped the return of spring, and Ihe curly recurrence ef warm weather would mitigate bis more urgent symptoms, and enable him again to visit the Senate Chamber.' Sir. said he. 'Ihese are the kind wishes ol a friend, but that hope does not commend itself to my judgment. You may remember that last year I visilrd the Havana, in the expectation that lis remarKatiiy gonial and mild climate would benefit me but I found no relief; llience to Nw Orleans, a favorite re sort of mine, with no belter result. I even became impatient fur the return of autumn, thinking thut-pos sibly its clear, bracing atmosphere at Ashhtud might lessen my cough ; but, air, the Havana, New Orleans and Ashland have all lulled to bring tne any percepti ble benefit.' ' 1 May I ask, my denr sir, what part of tho twenty-four hours nre yon most comfortable? ' "' Fortunately, sir, very fortunately I should add, mercifully during the night. Then, I am singularly placid aud composed : 1 am very wakeful, and during ihe earlier part of it my thoughts take a wide range. but I lio most tranquilly, without any sensation uf weariness, or nervous excitement, anu towards day tall into a quiet and undisturbed sleep ; this continues to a late hour in the morning, when 1 rise and breakfast about ten o'clock. Subsequently my cough for no hour or two, is very exuatisting. Alter one o'clock, and during the evening, I am inleruhly free of it, mid during this period, I see a few of my close, personal friends. And thus pars the twenty -fi.r hours.' "' I was grieved to Irani, through the public prints, that Mrs. Cluy bait been ill; muy lliope tlmUhu is better V "'She has been sick: indeed, at one lime I was much alarmed at her situation ; but I thank God, with deep emotion,) alio is quite recovered.' " ' I almost expected the gralilicaliun of meeting your Bon James and hia wife here.' " ' No, sir, you may remember that I once told you that he bad made h vrv fortunate investment in the suburbs of St. Loui.4. This property has become valuably, mid requires his attention and management : ho has removed thither with his family. It's a long way off, and I would not h ive them make n winter journey here; besides, I have every comfort and attention that a sick mun Chii require. My apartments, ns you per ceive, are far removed from the noise nnd bustle of tlie house ; und I nm surrounded by warm and anxious Iriends, ever seeking lo anticipate my wishes.' During this brief conversation in which we were quite alone Mr. Cluy hnd several paroxysms of coughing. Once he rose and walked ncroas the room to a spittoon. Tlie most careful use of his voice seem ed greatly ond constantly to irritate his lungs. I could not prolong ttie interview, though thoroughly Impress ed wilh the belief niiice mournfully verified that it would be the last. "1 rose, look my leave, invoking God's blessing on him; and, ns in Iho presence of Royalty, bowed myself out of the room Imckwnid. "On rising from bis seat, ns above remarked, be s'ood as erect and commanding ns ever, and while sitting in closn proximity to him, bis burning eyes fixed intently upon me, it seemed as if rays of bpbt were muted trtim ench. I his phenomenon is Dot unusual consumptive patients, ihe exiiaordinnry hrillinicy f the eye being often remarked; but iu Mr. Clay's case it was so intense as to mn- e me almost nervous, partaking, ns It did, of ihe supernatural. The day previous to the call nnd conversation nbove 'scnuid, the Lditor ol Ihe hmckrrbotker Magazine saw Mr. Clny in the street nt Washington, and ifius u t ions the lac t in the " Gossip "ol his April Number : 'nssing the National Hotel tit two o'clock on this bright and cloudless warm Nuiidny, we saw a toll fig ure, clad in a blue cloak, all- n 'ed o- ly by a lady nml Inld, enter a carriage be to re Ihe door, Once seen, it wns a face never to be forgotten. H was Henry Clay. That eagle-eye Was not dimmed, although ihe great statesman's force was ahu'ed. We raised our hat and mwed our reverence and admiration. Our salutation wns gracefully relumed, mid iho cairiagewns driven awav. " As wo walked n, to keep nn engagement to dine, we thought of the late words of that eminent patriot : ' If the days of my usefulness, as I have too much reuse n to tear, be Indeed passed, I bire not lo linger nu impotent spectator if the oft-scanned Held of life- have never looked upon old a ue, deprived of the luc-1 1 y of enjoyment, of intellectual perceptions nnd en ergies, with any sympathy; and for such 1 think the luy ol lute can not aruve loo soon.' une can Hardly but drop a tear over such a remark Irom such a man." Thus " broken with llie storms of state," nnd seal hod with many n fiery conflict, Henry Cluy gradually de scended toward the tomb. " During ibis period," says one ot his Kentucky colleagues, ' he conversed much Hnd cheerfully with his friends, and he took great in teres! in public affairs. While he did not expect a res. torution to health, be cherished the hope thai the mild nsou or spring would bring Dim strength enough to turn to Ashland, that he might die in ihe bosom ot his btinily. put, nhis! spring, that luings lite to nil Nature, brought no life t.or hope to him. After the mouth of Match, his vital powers rapidly wnsled, and lor weeks be lay patiently uwniting the stroke ol death. The approach ol llie destroyer had no terror lor him No clouds overhung hii future. He mot bis end with composure, and bis pathway to ihe grave was lighten ul by the Unmoral hopes winch spring irom a Chris-Man iaitb. Not long beloro Ins death, having put re- turned from Kentucky, bore him a token ot atlec'ion from his excellent wile. Never can I forget hi np- pcnrBlire, Ins manner, or his words. Alter speaking ol his family ami his country, he dimmed the conver sation to his own (online, anil, looking on me wih his yes iinditnmcd, nnd his voice full of its original com pass and melody, ho said : ' I am not ulruid to die, sir I have hope, luiih, nnd some confidence; I do not think nny man can be entirely certain in regard to his iiilure stale, hut 1 have an abiding trust in llie merits and mediation of our Saviour.' " On the evening previous to Ins departure, writes bis excellent pnslor and tuittnul attendant, l(ev. Dr. Untler, " silling un hour in silence by bis side, I could not but realize when I heard him. Hi the slight wan derings of bis mind, toother days and oilier scenes. murmuring tho words, My mother, mother, mother!' nd saying, ' My dear wile 1 ' us il she were present' 1 could mt but realize then, and rejoiced to think, how near was the blesed re-union of Ins wonry heart wilh the loved dead, nnd the living who must soon lollow him to bis rest, whose spirits even then seemed to visit and lo cheer Ins memory and uis hope." ilancln. WOMAN'S RIGHTS. LETT Ell FRU.M HARRIET MARTIN EAU TO MRS. OAUE. Mr Dear Madam Your letter iVis given rue great pleasure, and I thank you tor sending wa tlie assurance of your sympathy, and so interesting a glimpse as you afford me of your position and your life. I don't seo that we can do anything but good in seeking the nd-vuticem ut of woman, as lung us our great aim, felt nnd avowed, is to further the dischnrgo of duty. I think we may go on bravely and stoutly, while our demands are, Init for pleusitru and vatiilies, but that woman may have n better chance of heulih and strength, of sense and cheerfulness, of knowledge nnd Aclt'-disciptiiie. Men will not long be afraid of thai which will make their homes comfortable, their wives reasonable, their children healthy and obedient, and their bll'airs orderly und prosperous. And in your country, especially, I think the progress may he rapid, if women ask just that uiilch it is their plain human right lo bnve means of health of body and mind. In your country, I think I have seen Ihe strongest examples of every aorl of women. Certainly 1 never saw elsewhere women so utterly insufferable ns certain specimens of the wives of rich merchants in your great seaports; the winning discontent, the wretched health, ihe spiteful and leuzing temper, the tyranny 1 ready to took around and attract ihe aid of foreign nympaiuyin iihintie rebellions. Never promise lo give when the child leaves oil cry ing- Let the crying he a reacou for uot giving. Errors of Correspondents. A L'ses bad ink on bad paper. Writes on both sides of the leaf. 0. Crowds his writing too much. U, tonus his letters indistinctly. B. Forms one letter too much like another. F. M isspels a word in every sentence, G. Uses no capital letters. n. Uses capital letters just ns it happens. I. Never dots i' nor crosses t'. J. Does not nuuetuatt at all- K. Uses the at the end of every sentence. L. Uses the comma at llie end of every sentence. M. Pays no regard to syntax. N. Otnijs some words, and writes others twice to gether. O. y totes other authors without the quotation muks. P. Quotes the Scriptures inaccurately. Q. Never rewrites or corrects. R- Uses manv sutietfluous words. S. Delights in high sounding nnd hard words. T. Expresses himself too obscurely to bo under stood. U. Does not know precisely his own meaning. V. Marks every filth word in italics. W. Makes poetry without rhyme, and rhyme with out reason. X. Writes involving fuels, but does Dot furniuhhis over domestics, the nialico towards neighbors, td suiting behavior to husbands; these things made up I ,,, uom ,,omo,B peciuc,es o. uomesuc .u xuai y Abounds in tautology, lltivo ever j,ii Hi niiv rnniitrv. On lh olncr nnml. I n cm) nuwheiH look I'ur more exqviiile wives nnd innihrrn mail ol jrnur c,,,i,,lryw,,,0, w!,aw pnw.n and T, Ut oi. Fhuit.-Iihi.-mI ul .lumliog in any r . , near in a poiieron. cmi.utnption ,, ripe fruint, we ro amiiiia lu-n in nlm.i.t any itilrlleclu-l rank In any ra ilc, , ,i,vt.y conducive lo Iwallh. The emu, ry. And linn you linve all gradatlnu. between very maMie. coiiminnly annmcd to ll;,ve their origin llie iilwt and ilia .ape ; and ercially, 1 mnv Hole, a iu ,,. rc u0 , clierrie.. meluna and ,a,ge ir,,p.rm,u ,.i peuaii.. aiiii.ng your advancing wi,u t.erri., liave hero quite a. prevalent, if lint women. I lin M unavoidable . I know. Tliera wa.au equally de.lruclivo, in waaum of caieily. There are npo of ll.e world when knowli ee'began to be ihtlu.ed , ,, mmieu, , entertained of the bad ef- ... ... " l" uu" i"-"'". ' led. ol Irult, thai it i qurto tune a counteract iiil lie met, ueau.u I I. unuvoiuaiue, nnd uecuuie u .. a ,,re.,i,,n aliould be pinniuliatted, havinR il. foundation ill ti, I ul firmiriiuai l.nl I rnllior i n.t.il llm nm In 111 u lulr. I ' . 17 , . t,."" . j, common sense, and has. d on the common obnerva- inx possession oi inn movement, pusiuio; lorwaro itieir own personal claims, nnd nuking the cause ridiculous by lliuir conceit, and offensive by their sul-regard. In civil suits, nt this period, Mr. Clny gained almost equal celebrity, nnd especially in iho aettbment of laud claims, at that limn an iinporlnut element in western litigation. It is related of him, at this stage of Ins career, that being engaged in a case which involved immense interests, he associated with him a prominent lawyer lo whom he intrusted its management, as ur gent btisinessdeninnded his absence Irom court. Two days were occupied in discussing the legal points Unit were to govern (be instructions of the court to the jury, on every one of which his colleague wns frustra ted. Mr. Chy returned, however, Iml'ore a derision was rendered, nnd without ui qnaintimt himself with the nature ol th testimony, or ascertaining llie man ner in which tho dictisioii had been conducted, alter oourerriiig n lew moments with hit associate, be pre. ptred nnd presented in a few words the term in which he wished ihe instructions to be aiven. accompanying with his rens'ins, which was so convincing that I he uu was terminated in his favor in less than one hour fler he MMiilareil I hit noiirl.rfMim. Thus tarly, tad in ft caroor merely pro foil loual, did A striking intnnre of tlie simplicity us well ns hu muuity of Mr. Clay's character, is given in the follow ing authentic nnecdote of him, while a member of the House ol Representatives! ' Almost every lntv in Washington City will remem her nn old he-goat, which formerly inhabited a livery- table on Penio-vKnina Avenue. This animal w is the most independent citireu of the metropolis. He be longed to no parly, although he frequently pave pedestrians 'striking ' proofs ol hi adheniou to the ' level ing principle; lor. whenever a person stopped any where iu the vicinity, 'Hilly' wns sure to 'mnfcent him,' boms and nil. The boys took delight in irritn ting him, and frequently so annoyed him ihnt he would butt' against lampposts and trees, to their great amusement. Otied.iv, Henry Clny wns passing along the avenue, and seeing the hoy intent on worrying Hilly into a fe ver, stopped, and with characteristic luimnttiiy expos- tulateil wuti ihem upon their cruelty, llie boys listened iu silent awe to the eh quent npprrd of ihn ' Lu miliary of ihn West,' but it was nil Cherokee to Billy, who the unsratelul scamp' arose nntesticnlly on his hind legs, and made n desperate plunge ni Ins Irmnd nml advocate, ftlr. Ulay, however, proved loo much br Ins Honied mtversnty. lie aeiied both horns ol the dl lemmii, and ilien en me (he 1 lug of wnr.' The struggle wns long sod (loiihilul. "'Ha!' exclaimed ihe statesman. 'I've got y mi fait, you old rascal! I'll teach ynu belter manners tbail to attack your fi lends I But, boys,' he continued, 'what shall l dt) nwr ' Whv. trio un his fret. Mr.Clav.' Mr. C lav did he was told, and alter many severe efforts, brought Billy down on his side. Here he looked at the boys imploringly, seeming lo iy, 'I never wu in such i fix MfAUDtturer In another letter, to the same party, wtitten few weeks earlier, occurs Ihe loiiowing touching passage indicating his sen so of the oppressive loneliness with which he was iben surrounled. Referring to there-cent departure of Ids son James uu bis missiou lo Por tugal, ucentnputiled by his isiliuy, lie says! II that Imd, as I hope, t prosperous vnvnrn, they will have arrived ai j.tverpooi nooin uie suine day thai 1 reai In d homo My separation irom them, probably for a length of time, the uncertainly of hit ren dering it not unlikely that 1 may never see ihem again, nnd the deep and ullectionnto interest I take in their welfare aud happiness, tins been extremely palm ful. I find myself now, toward the close of my life, in ono reaped, in a condition similar to that with which I began it. Mr. Clny nnd I commenced it alone t and niter having Imd eleven children, ot whom lour remain, our youngeat sou is the sole white pcrmn resi ding with us. We are indebted lo the same oblicinir irenllemnn, from whom we derive the foregoing, lor ihe following graphic description of a visit paid to Mr. Clay in hii sick chamber at Wushingt n : On Mondnv. the fnsi of March last, at about one o'clock, at the National Hotel, Washington, having sent iu my name, Mr. Clay kindly admitted me in Ins room. 1 toimd it d arse tied by heavy closed curtains, and the stttlenr sealed in an easy chair nt ihn remote end, near a moderate coal tire. I approached him mpidly, anil, inking Ins extended soli band and attend atd fingers, said, 'My dear sir. 1 am most honored and gratified by this privilege of being again permitted in renew lo yon personally, ihe expression ol my una-haied attachment and reverence.' lion of ihe intelligent. Wo have no p.dienro in rend ing the endb ss rules to be observed ill this depart ment of physical comfort. No one, we imagine, ever lived longer or freer from the paroxysms of disease. I believe and trust ibere ore manv tbuusnnd women by discarding the delicious fruits of the luud in which about you who will ere long hold your views, and say ne finds u home. On the contrary they are necessary aloud, however modestly und quietly, that lhey desire 10 the preservation of health, and are therefore caused the means of health for themselves and their daughters, to mnke their nppearmicu at ihe very time when the the means of doing their dulv better, whatever may be condition of the body, Operated upon by deteriorating the duty that lies ueuiest to liHtid. Ihe means ot atcer causes nor niways unuei siood, requires their grateful mining fairly how much they are nble lo do for the renovating influences. Doiton Medical and Sumical enlighteiiing and tiuining and serving and aiding niJtmrnai, who mnv tie within reu h ol their in uence. II v ner- evernui-e id 1hi rh.iro together wilh ft stondv mwenl. THE EviL OF Sl'.F IIHNESS. The Universal evil llie uess iu urging il, by a diligent use of all the means of cvil wiih i the common parent of all other evils improvement m they anse, and by a conscieutioiu die- creating aim multiplying individual and social misery, charge of every existing duly tlie more strenuous and Ki.riSHNis. No mun cun be happy without gelling patient as the intellect becomes stronger I have every I1"1 Ul 'nmseii. iu prove una, oniy compare tun leei-n ono that a ornomtion or two will eiinrimie.H n arfi.L we have in the performance, of an act id' humanity advancement, and everybody will he the h-ipoler for B,,u "eneiicence auy ministering mine comiori oi a .. . .. J. rJ . . r I ..1... 1 I i- .. tne progression oi a part oi tne great human family, y pr umi nunueu lamuy cunipnin aim, who must ever sin und sulVur. or nroiner and eniov. ' lliy- w'11' n" 8Ct which is purely stilish, though tie throvehmit, nnd not paitiullv. Men and children sutler cM,"7 tw I'f1 'he pnrlaklng of a hearty meal. In llie iifl much us women In, to I in iu'esnnt Hu n ol I lomia oioer uta Kniiincuiioil IB eunreiv seiiBUUl i 111 llie H ami I trust and believe that they will one day bn taught Iner '.,IW 'lds, and ihe Htl'ections glow iu the this by ihe hnppy experience of a great amelioration, consciousness of blesting, mid being blessed. Selli-h- As for me. I work on in n ouiet sort of n wnv in the '" I" P iront of Avurice, which hoardsinceBsantly cnuse. rendering my health hardy by exercise, cold wi'hout tdject or aim; of Stinginess which knows no water and plain diet ( making my servants and neigh- '"'Y- hnd ,e,,, uH'erlng but its own j of Malice, and burs ns happy as I can (which is ebb fly by being uu- Ellvy. Revenge; for all these originate in some commonly happy my tell ); aud trying to think and reniorsuppos. u injury, or privation upon sell beyond. ear I ns i Ilm-Ii V nn I rnn. mill limn mvitiir n nm v ' "lotii uicrw im iioiiihik ruuer III Heaven or whn' I think mid have learned, without any legnid to ""th. Let it bo repealed, then, until it is remember- what the world may sny, my topic.- being of genetal '" ,,,rtt " wl, w'"d be happy must j;et out of him Political ENOLISH FREE TRADE ENGL 18 H POLICY Ilf BE- OABD TO AMERICAN POLITICS. Some time since we published an article from the London Timet favoring the election of Pi it act as beueficiul to English interest!. To-duy we give nn extract from Blackwood' t Magazine, atnry Quarterly. Ihe article from wliich ihe extract is taken purports to be by " An Englishman abroad," who writes from this country. Alter alluding to some oilier matters connected with our politics, ' e says: A murta more Important qn- .on Is die Tariff: end tt II one which will enter Inter very ... llncsl ccinbiDatiun. tt fans not of Isle been put very premlneu ij ter ward ; but it Is nut ttin leas Important un that account. The mnnulticlurers ot Auiprlcs csn nm exist under competition with Knglmiii without s higher tsr-itf; and the linmlu question is, whether tnauufictum hull cense, or nut 1 may return tu Ihe utiject In a suturquent letter; hut I shall now remark only, thai while thn Lust, a ton preiit mnDUfacturiitir diilrict, hus been generally in fsvur of li'iflier duties, ibu West sitd the PoUtti bnve hevu sdvsrte. A ' elt-nte, l)owi?rr, If tnkui(f pi see la this respect. Mnnulsrture isincreHimn In the West, especially sluce lsre mines lure been uperstrd upon, anil ba siruiig up la the tiouth. Neither ! so jiuiueiT.-ij nifrtcutiurai as u w; anu inere una Been nsroty a l'renJriit rnshlns lueech lor ihn last tlx months which has not hail si nte allu.luu tu the necessity ol an increased tsrltf. 'ibis lisinibcant. This and the London Timet explain why it is that England wished us tu adopt free trade. " The manu facture of America CANNOT EXIST Wrr competition with England without a higher tariff, and the limpte quet-lion it whtther manufacture SHALL EXIST OR NOT." Any one can find this passage in ihe July number of Lfonard Scott & Co's reprint of Blackvood, July, 1852, page 45. Thus we see radical Locofocniim In the United States playing into the bauds of England. It would be betler for Die HrUnh government lo pay ten millions of dollars than to have Mr. Pierce fail to be elected ; for ihe question ii, " Whether manufacture, in this country, thaUccatcor not." This Englishman abroad is not very fluttering in hii notice of ihe country. Ho is willing to strengthen monarchy at home by disparaging the Americau peo ple. On page 48 he Bays; Klllmnre, Webster, Bcott, and Cais am thn mors prominent cni;drtus; but the most prominent are nut alwsys lite most juccetilul ; and It wiuldnut at all lurpriic me to find some man remoti unnesra ui in me coniesi, sirupins; quieny mm ina I'residentUI chslr. The more a mm hut; done tor Ibo country, the less likely is the cuuntty to choose him. This was written before the nominations. How far it hits the case our readers can judge. If it is true that " the more a mun docs for his country the lcis likely is the country to choose him," then Gen. Scott's chance is a poor one. The British emissaries have connected ibeir free trade scheme of breaking down our manufactures with a name which, according to their own theory, is mere likely lo succeed than one who has distinguished himself as Scott has. Fortunately, the American people have a chance yet to repel this calumny; forewarned, forearmed. Mr. Clay's countenance immediately after death looked like nn antique cast. His features seemed to ho petf ctly clusiical i mid llie repose uf oil iho mus. cles gnvo ihe lifeless body a quiet majesty, teldom reached by the living human being. His last request was that his body might he buried, not in Washington but in bis own family vault in his beloved Kentucky. hy Urn side of his relations and friomls. May he rest in pence in his honored gravel ilUt anb fjumor. If He must communicate if he would receive. He must bless it be would be blesstd. Rtp. Dr. Bond, will! We like thnt strong, robust expression. No one having tutored il sincerely was ever a meiin, clinging man. I he pigmies of the world did n- t trouble; mm, ulihough they rose in masses to pull him down. He speak, and thn indomitable will prevails. His enemies fall before him. He rides forth a conqueror. Would you bo great T Uou'd you be distiiitU'sbed ior your literary or sciennhc t hoi ts.f book not mourn interest and the re lit re at the general disposal. 1 nm, dear !l ttium, Trillv yours, H. MARTINEA0. Life iw a Powder Mill. Dickens tints defcriht'i a visit to the Powder Mdl of Houuslow, near Loudon In this silent region, amid whose nine'v seven work places no human voice ever breaks upon the ear, and where, indeed, no human form is seen, except in the isolated boose in which his nltoltt d taslt i iinrlnrm. ed, there nrn secreted upwards of two huiidicd and ''illy at otir lot, hut wilh " I will!" brea-hiug upon titty work people. They are a peculiar rare, not of v,l,ir "P9. n,l, oursUiig irom a great heart, you cnniml course, by natuie, in ihe most cases, but by the habits hut prevail. Show im ihe man who never rose higher ol years. 1 he circumstance ot the momentary de. true- ,IIU" H i"Bd srooi nun tin influence died within breath, ti, hi iu w hich thev Iivh. ndded to the nnut iriennro and we will point vou to a crinsinff wretch, who and necessary regulations, huve subdued their minds fetnftled ol the approach of a spider and fainted be- anil feelings to the condition ol their hire. There is l",l,n B "imtder cluuil. Let the tires o energy pluy sehhun anv need lo enforce these legulnlluns. Some roucu your veins, unu il your thoughts nre directed terrible explut-inu here, or uf works of a similar kind the right channels, you will yet startle the slumber- elBewhere, leaves a fixed murk in their memories, and "'B univene. Joan Ieat. nets as a constant warning. Here no shadow of a praclicul pike, or caper ot nniuml spirits, ever trans- Cost of I it kach Kits. A paragraph tins been circa 'at pire ; no wmii-isms, Do ntilhs, no chatting, or siting, "'g ireeiy in ine newspapers respt cting "he excessive A luttgh is seldom heard, a smile is seldom seen. cost of preachers in the United States. It is said thai riven ihe work is cariied on by the men wilh as few 'here are over sixteen thousand ministers of Ihe vari- words ns possible, ami tin so uttered in a low tone. "UH denominations, and that, at an average cost of $:t",r Not that nny one f.im ivn thnt mere sound will WHk- ''"' b. there would be expended the enormous sum of en ttte spirit id combustion, or cause an explosion to fb.nnu pijo annually tor this one thing. Hut w bat is tike place, but that iheir feelings are alwava kei.t I die cost of keeping up an opposite state of nlliirs? subdued. Over 412.001), (100 nm annually spent on the Hi 0110 "II one man wishes to communicnto auvthina to criminals in prison in this country ; and were Satuii to number, or lo ask for any thing from somebody at a ,,NVB I11" uwn WRy undisturbed, it is likely that no sum short distance,, he must un there : he is never iiormit- money or ol menns could heen order in our midst. ted to shout or call out. There is a particular reason f'ln ministry, sepmn'e fiom other constderuiions, is lor this last regillnliou. Amid nil this silence, when- 'l'e greatest nationul snlegtiard lhat we, as a republic, ever a shout dues occur, everybody knows that someican uunst. imminent anneer is exoerteil tin, nuit nminunt it,..l I all null nwny lieadloug fntm the direction nf ihe shout. P( ffkrihq the Flus. Klies at this time of ihe yenr, As lo running toward it to otter any assistance, as com proiianty ot sigm a by I'roviUeuce lor minn use. mtm in all oilier cases, if is thoroughly understood that 1,11 !"""lm,- but in what particular we do not under none can be nlloidnl. An aecidi it hem i imn.e.lt,iu tndt are nevertheless a great annoyance. The fob and beyond remedy. If ihe shouting ho continued for ,ow' preparaiion has been recommended to thin some iimo ior man might oe drowning in the river,) ,mu "'7 never hoi n, tiou lhiihui, unrro- that mii'ht cause oiih or iwn of th l.l.l...i in 'oie, speak from experience in reenrd to it : hut Ibis would be a rare occurrence. It is by no 1 J'"1 a plate one leaspoonlul of black pepper, two menus to be interred thut the men are selfi.h and iu- T,il,,,,,i",ui oi Drown sugar, and one table spoonful sensible to the perils of each other: on lb rontrxrv . cream. A lea mude of quassia, and sweetened ihev have the irrentest coiisidHrniifin foe e..el nili.,r I wt'h sugar has also been rcromuieiided. Ruber ot well ns for their employers, and thiuk of the danger to 'no preparations, it is ssid, will cati-e the Ho s in re-the lives of uiheis, aud of (be property at slake at all ,iro loPr"' H Ibese prove elfeclut l, they are times, nml more especially in all the more dangerous m."c" "iier anu snicr preparations man cobalt, arse " houses." The proprietors of the various gunpowder ,'c, wl,il n ar' n,,t ""'table lo have in the way o' mtns au aiapiay uie some consideration loreach other, "'? poiauui-ii jr niein. il anv improvement tendltn! to easen ibmirer ia i h.enver. iatnt rarmtr. olhei. TliawsifssnrilMri.sn.r 1U1 .1 L RfCIPK MR ClIOLERA. TultO of Blllllll LeiT. lem very short; no arlilicial lights are ever used ill the ''"l "d ce-crenn., eoch one quart. Mix while the winks. They all wash thetuielves-black, white and tberimi'-,'r "'.gmgabove 95 degrees eat uf green bronze and leave ihe mills nt hjlfpnat thn e in ihe BPI' " cucumbersa muchasyou like alter which r. .. - . 11 1 I'll ilnu.li 1(1 Itai Dnm " nn Wuler ttrui.1 ....( ....... ...I afternoon, winter and summer." go down lo " Rat Rote " on Water street got corned ih cent brandy kirk up a row nmmiff the worth. inhabitants of that delightful neighborhood stnv out late at the Club. emtne and if you liavn't the 'ernmn" Urol. in "1 l.i.upa unit .,rtJ, I .1 I.I I... promoted. N. II. In case of lailure, double the dose, Sandut- A Uui-oouK on Moos. a rrovtdetice paper gives us the following adroit dialogue! trieud," said a shrewd w inKer to a man with a drove of hugs, " bait any hogs in this drove with largi bones T " ' Yes," replied the drover " limy all have." " Unit any with long heads and veiy sharp n st sf " " lea, Uiey au nave.' " Hast any wilh long ears, like those uf tho elephant, hanging down over Iheir eyes f " Yea, all my drovo are ol that description and will suit you exactly. " l rather thiuk they woma not suit me, trieud, they are such as thou describes! tbein, Ttmu may's! drive on. An Irish Litter. The loiiowing is going the rounds or llie newspapers, purporting to huve been written ItV an irishman to bis sou at school. 1 lie re enn be Miration but it is genuine uoiio nm an irishman could have writieu il : Dear See If yon nre well when this rent ties you. we nre well. Hy the bearer I send you iny old brown coat get a new one msde out of it. Your mother,uu-bi-ktmwn to tne, Bends yoti five pounds. I hope yon will not spend iln-tn foolishly t il you do, 1 1 unjust you Unit you sre a ully goose, and I remain your ttll'eciionnie fmh-r. P. S. Your sister Sally wimb d me to tell ynu to send her a shell comb, but ns 1 loigoi it tins tin,, and Hp, let er is a bendy started, 1 will meniiou it iu my next. Is it so f Women timkn iheir advances as Time makes his. At twenty, when tho swain approaches to pay bis devoirs, lhey eu laiin, with languid indifference, "Who is bet" At ilnrty, with a prudent look towmd the wuys and means, tlie quesU n is, "What is he T" At flirty, much anxiety manifests itself to make a hymeneal seU-ctn n, nnd the query changes itself into "tthich is bet" Hut nt fifty, ihe noxious expectant prepares to seine upon any prey, and exclaims, M hvre is heT" Eastern and A.mkhican Women. The National In- telligeiirer is publishing a series uf letters from a citi zen of VY nshuigton, wlio is traveling in the Old World lu ins lust ittiir he ihua compares the women with llnwM ,.l bt. niv., ,..,,,,.,. "In my rumbles about the village of Ranlbeo, I wfa Rf8i,teT' . , , t '"-"V " '"""-i mm uitrr.irrme n n,.D we take up n volume published a century or youthfu'nes. of some uf the And. mothers. I saw sev- ,wo apu. Ulo tirst cl.nrarier'stic thnt strike, ns j. a cer- ,,.m.H r, w,wnv unu ,wiyo or lourieen tBin repose nnd air of leisure iu the very style. 'I lit year, om wuu on . e.,n ine.r arms, evidently ihidr UU.ors seem not in the least haste, tl.ev write Verv own ; and i wns told i hi it wasqu.ie emmou through- llu h as a country gentleman talks with his friend, fro... out Syria. Many of the women are very beautiful- town, a- if desi.oua to prolong the rare delights of com much more so I think limn either iho Oircnss nn or ....d.....i.in a ..,.i-,! u... .. " . . . .... Turkish women. It wns mule enclmniine i tl.ir ('. ' .1.' . L ! . " . ' r . y' complexion, dark eyebrows and flashing eyes t and for pmgress.ve spirit of ihe age. He dares not line-r bv regmaruy aim oenency o. eature i Dave never seen ,t,e way side, but pressei on to tho conclusion of his "" T , 1 ' , , 7 . 1,1 task by the most direct way, . -.. ... ..in. ii'iuim anu uiini 1 want nut " - -..",....,,, v..,,ry. oeiieveiiia Tt DoK yAR.Ve ove nenlnria. Our evei .? '.' .':,r, "'f. .'" l,ml lVI-'-i- take in a ,tr..iSe,-. home at a oUnce. Heaven n'v r(, c, of he.ut, . . high a degree a. m Belhle- mnk. hi. dwelling a cheerie.. b,le Aa we traverle " Til. women nf n.lil,.h ... .!..! I. "'" f,n."T lu"k " "!'" ll""r "' The dow it,0. I never .aw ...eh eerier, erlil-. . ' V. '"..,' "' " 'e pregrainn,. of the order of internal arranR, ill i-r. i-,,' l . J """" meiits. 1 he clean awi kv. l.n.u. an. a.ie , . r.l. ilL h....,l 1 f- . . nu. me,,,, .ai iney are ai nil ll.e higher a r.butes o wilh of cimifrt w'(fW wp kw' beauty to our own fair country-women, for that would be sacrilege. Iheiois nothing in ihe Ensl, or in Eu- ropu viiiier, or nuywuere rise, mat 1 bnve visited, compare with the ladiesof 1'hilndelphla, Haiti more and Washington. Talk of Parisian beauties! Lively and vivacious Uiey are. to be sure; but not dignified, uot gentle nnd modest. Talk ol English benut.osl (.rand enough, inir, nut not graceful, and stdl as buckram. Italian beauties; ilaik, dull and greasy, (iertmiu, fat a d tlitnd. lutkish, tullowy nnd buttery; all well enough in their way i but.Mn-hsllu! it wont do to men tion them in the same breath with American beuiilit s. swept door sill and walk, and tin are no unmeaning indications, and we slot order THE LONDON TIMES AGAIN. To show which party in this country tho English Government regards ns playing into its bunds, we can multiply proof upon proof. And it is one of the singularities of the times to find that the parly io Ibis country lai ming to be more democratic than nny other, is the party uf all others to which the Hritih look for Hid and omfort. In an editorial uf the London Timfi, of the date of July 12th, now in our possession, noticing the death uf Hknht Clat, that illustrious man is spoken td iu many respects ns bo deserved, but lhey criticise and deprecate bis "strong and exclusive American feeling," as if lhat were a defect in nn American states mun. They say-He adopted with enthusiasm thn Idr a ef a enmbfr ed Ams-rfrsB ptillcf, lo ihn eju-lu-loii ot Karrpesn inlloence on thai continent. Itut he gave dii eni oursgi nn'til to ihe irlit-mea ol 'I exsn annexation or in lite tnulixiiou ul Mexico, and he esi.la cl his tatdy usient tu (bat unjust and attres lve war hy lb loa ol hit only on, who was kil'ed In setn.n In one ol the Mr-xlcm bailies. I'rutialily It was this strong and excluivn American tecling, which wa tnaioralile as a bum of pstrlotim, that l-d Mr.Clay into the p'inclpul error nf hit politic I lite; fur unquestionably his au h'iriiy ai.d his arg" "wnt- were the sironui ul i for many y ars of ihn yt- in of biuh tariffs and proli-cuvc duties In the Unupd Slates. It is ttr-nge st 'his dy lo turn back tu the nar row aim erroneous views ul ao rmlueut a man. The Timet, moat of our readers know, is decidedly the paper of England, and the most powerful pn per, indeed, in Ihe world. It is as intensely English, as it says Mr. Clat wus American. English statesmen and nglisli writers are not left in aoy doubt by ihe course f die two pnrtius in this country, which party is most mertcan in its policy. Tlie truth is, and the proof is now overwhelming and cannot be dodged, thnt the Loco loco party in this country is only a sham Democ racy, not a real Democracy, which goes lo England lo find out how American nf fairs should be managed. The Timet goes on lo say- There can be lltt'e doubt lhat thn mlschisTnua delations of Mr Clny and his Irlenil on these ulj-tU, hs considerably prolonged theexutei.ee ol blub protective rfuiies in ihe United Mtstes, thnitt-h ihese views bv hern equally Injurious tu their pirty inteieMi, and to the public prosperity. '1 hn Whig party ha lost Its, II in Amr-rlcs, not to mui h tx-csutn It Is Whiv at be. a it la i'roii-cilnntil. inn in power at the present lime It cannot art upon It own principles, and ev rythtnr teems to de- nun- mm ine re x rrrineunat eiernon win cnmpimriy a-ieairn prr-ti-nsiona. Had Mr. Uy taken a d fWem courte on ih-xtonv inerrlsl policy ol ihn I ninn, he would prohably hsyn ft yrd a much liiioier tenure ef t rtice, and he would certainly haveda-at-rved a Jar larger amount ul public gratitudu. Had ihe able Englishman who wrote that article been in ih:s country to witness the universal outpour ing of grii'f among the people for the loss of Hedrt Clat, and tu observe the expressive tokens by which they sought nn i still seek to manifest their dep gratitude for his high American services, bis noble Amer- .(inspirit, and th-ir ntlV-ctiouate regard for his memory, a different opin on might be entertained as to the kind of public services considered here as deserting of " public gratitude." Its predictions about the next Presidential etectioii" show from what quarter they obtain their information, and with what party hey nttviao. it lias even adopted the Locofoco charge against ll.e present Whig administration, of " being in power" while it "cannot act upon its principles." That paper is conducted with loo much intelligence not to know just as tho Locofocos In this count y know, that iho Whig party has a President, but only a minority in Congress, and consequently is not " iu dower " in a aense to be able in make laws, or to be responsible for ihe want of atiiUible laws. Indeed ihe London Timet and the AVs- York Herald papers very unlike in character, yet boihovncd by Englishmen one the English organ at home and the other the Eng lish organ in America are tne most earnest and anna. reutly the most ifficient supporters of the Locofoco party, as at present organized. No one can read those papers and doubt this. General Scott finds no favor with them. He whipped the British at Fort Gtorgt, Ckipptica and LunJy't Lane, and hn now stands upon the Ameiiean polity of Mr. Clat. Theyiwo did more to bumble Ureal Uritniu in Ihe Inst war than any two men Mr. Clat as ihe lender in Congress, General Scott as the hero in the field. They were friends to their country and lo ench other while Mr. Clat lived, and now that he is dead, General Scott has no no'ion of deserting Iho American policy. If we understand the matter, the American people propose to elect President on their own account, not on ihe account of England. reigns." Cayuga Chief. Government of Children. AnUi-inate nnd nrevent fretbilness nnd ill temper by keeping the children in A Fast Mam. The Pittsburgh Dispatch nnvs there is a man hi Unit ci y who has been a delegate to a county convention, au unsuccessful candidate for the Legislature, got up a public bull nnd supper, slept n inin mi 1. ohm"" im aerniK inner people tiritlK, gOI possession oi n lurm against ihe will ol the owners, ar rested lor being ion drunk to know niiolber mat.' horse from his own, held to bud lor forribht entrv and tietnlner, nnil prosecuted tome ball doieti people lor toiisiiirney an wiiiiin n couple ol months. A w hlikv- jug is at tne nouum ol an his troubles. Nicholas Dean, Kio , President of ih Crotoa Aqueduct Dud, s Ult-loog irlsad ul Mr. Usy . 'Hurrah for Scott and Grnham 1' said a young W'big (be other day, to a half inebriate Locofoco, l l.e reply was, 'hurinh (hie) tor King and Otic) thai ether filter.- The " Drmncrnl " here, i ublishes a Pierce enmpntgn Bong, hi wnirn uie loiiowing 'eiuim ; i "Tit at tame obi men that looks so 1st, I How i 'hen hse we slsfn i Atttl when we think him dead and Rons, Then up ha p-ips s-lnl'' Well he d es! A. ' Krf-nt. Bachelors A friend ot ourasnyahe always would have remained single, but he could not allord it. What it cost him for " aula and ice-cream," wns more than he now pays to bring up wife and live children. Use Dolors should think ot this. Corporations. Thni-M nre enrimr1.tin.,ai ..I' tF,i;eia good health, ease, and comfort. Never quiet by givim; kinds and Uie corporation ol un Alderman is generally ... ... e , nj nn; mi. ..j upminB. enpunniis, nm inoseoi n new jork Aitlt tinaii "Ink' ror too urai uw no 'it t nt, a v mmi unu nnraii snumis (he dilanidnted linen oil Hie shrubbery " In two day the bearing of children, or violent lights in ibeir a committee of sixteen ..I ihem h.ir Mr. rh.v' sight ; address ihem in std'l limes ; do nothing to flight- remains lo Albany, tnn up a bill id $1 J'JI.HO f..r n cu thetni nml never jerk or roughly hutuiie ihem. tieshtnents." In Urn hhiuuoI common sens.', luidid avoiu angry worua nnti violence noin to a ctiiltl ami they eulT in its presence) by which means a noiu'oliy violent hitii may be trained to gentleness. it is related ol ex-Uovernor Brtggs, of Mnaarhn Moderu'e auy propensity ot a child ; biio'i ns anger, sells. Mini many years ngo, when exoosiulniino with i violence, greediness for food, cunning, which appears young man about diinkiug, nnd urging hinitonhun loo active. Shew him no exumple ot these. (don the practice, ihe young man agieed In lenve off if Let tlie mother be. and let tier select servants such the Governor would leave oil wearing a shot collar, as she wishes tlie child lo lie. 1 lie yetingesl child is The litter agreed to Uie novel requisition, end in en nttecttd by the conduct uf those iu whose arms he 1 funnily to Uie burgnin has never worn a collar since. lives. Let a molher feel as she ought, and she will look na Rpirit RAFFiao Wn learn by the Opal, published she feels. Much of a child's earliest moral Irniuinit is "T t'" inmates nf the State Lumilic Asylum h! Ulica. by looks and gestures. that there nre in that refuge nt preseui, 14 victims of When necessary, exhibit firmness and Riiilmrity, I this stupid and infamous imposture, whoso insanity Is always wilh perlt-ct temper, composure and sell -pus "cnhed to tins sou.ee. session. 1 Never give a child that which if cries fort nnd avoid There is au infinite deal of iruth in ibia almtt nn. being too ready in answering children's demands', else graph t they become imputiei.t of relusal, and sellidi. I " Nothing g'eat ever yet succeeded thai w an not first tv lieu the child is most violent, the mother should be I Hissed at by something very small." mosl culm and silent. Out screaming t screaming child I - .. is as use lest, as it is miseiiievuus. steady dental ot Hie HiT.LSDonoutni PosTNisTRras.-The Newt brinoa object screamed for, is ihe best cure for screaming. wmd that Mrs. Hnrah It. Williamson. Hie widow of Hie doubt about Mr Pierce's senenltmical desi ent ib-V- - Land Reform. The land reformers give fair warning to the Democracy. They sny to them lhat if the Uemucn.tio Senate refuse tu pass the Homestead bill, they will bold tho Democracy responsible for it at Hie pods. They have about 16,000 voters in New York. Mr. Filch, a Locofoco, is cbairmnti of the Sen ate committee thai has reported againti this bill. The billowing resolutions bnve i tquint lo them lhat will mako Ihem interesting lo some folks. They were adopted at a Conveutiou of land r. formers In New York i 1 That as tho success or defeat of the Free rlnma. stoud bill depends entirely upon the action of ihe Democratic members nf Hie genato ot ihe Uuiled St des, of which body they constitute decided ma jority, we will ho'd tlie Democratic party of ihe Uuitrd Stales responsible for its passage before thn close of die pi est nl session of Congiesa; and it is further ro sob ed : Q. That if ihe said hill sbnuld not be pnisrd at iho present session of Congress, it will be because iho rtgii-s and (uteresls of Humanity and of t e great Detn neraiio M-isses bat e been corruotly sold in nu-. h. import lor the Demnontic 1'residci.nnl ticket from nrislorratic and speculative cliques, or because the dt rnocrm-y ot dm lenders of ihe Demot-rslio party ia iii-ni .j mil aiipri in mi, n WCMUCMACT OF WORUS AND phha-es cbimorotisl) reiterated as passports to the public treasury. Oennrs'll'lerce's f rai d-pan nta were tilth. Hi CtHrirr, The fathers of all Locofoco cndiilntes are ttiahmen ami ibeir mntheis Dun hnieli just ht lore eleciUO'. To take their own sioti.-a "for irue," ihev have mil bad a nanve born candidate tor twenty years. It is not more than two weeks aim e it wt.s pmv, d as plain as a bed post hut I'ierce was drsteiidid " in Hie perpendicular line," as Pompoli.ni sns in Hit play, Irom l.ravn Pen y, surnaiued Hotspur. Hitoiy does mil s ale Hint Harry Perry was nn l(iahuanl The Coiiri.r muat explain ihe inroligniity. Notwithstanding there (a 111 Slicll Contests. Witnesses should Withdraw Rnd I late noalmaa'or nt llillabom' U .noni.it .,. ...,. ,! l.i. .1 ,if. i?. i .. Isave the mother and child alone. A nhild la verv ' ml.trw.. .i .1... n1.- W- . ..u i i. i. r ' r.... ... . , T. -". at a t ........... t...HW. wnu u udiii ... tiij luouHtu uiuuioui, BVJJtHO CXpTtM.

COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1852. Vr()LUME XLII. NUMBER 51. lllcckln (DI)to State Journal IS PUBLISHED AT COMJMliUS EVKRY TUESDAY MORNING, or SCOTT ft BASCOM, JOCSJUL Bl'lLIHOI( muH AWD rUU 8IUCTB INTEASCS ON QIOB. TFRM&Tnvfirinkvinatlpanre-1ii Columbus, K-OOnyear; liT ma.il, 1 50 ; clubs of lour aud upwards, ; of tea anil up-Wards, $1.'N. Til K DA I LY JOURNAL Is furabtbwl to city aubscribers at $6-00, and by umll Ht Wi (sta war. THE TIU-WEEKLY JUUltNAL la S3.00 nyear. RA TES OF AD VER TISIXOW THE WEEK LY JO VRNAL 11 1 nUftrs, ,Sel8el, So 8c 8clSc Sc 8 Sold SO. 761 001 2i'il 702 2u3 M4 006 008 W8 00 2i.u.rei, I 751 251 762 26 3 60 4 006 (10 0 00 8 00 8qum, 1 00 1 76 2 26 3 60 4 60 5 0011 60 8 0011. 4 cium:0) 1 26 2 26 3 60 4 00 6 00 0 00,8 0010. 14. 12. 15. 23. ll nn rh.nimnt.lA mnlillilv. S'JIia Vi-nr : weekly i2fl. column, rhmiL'i'Hliln qiuirterly !. Ui roinmti. eliioiirenble uttartcrlv, ft column, 1 cliutiKfAblH quarterly lUG. 10 lines of Hits stw'd typp Is reckoned nsiuare. Advertisements ordered oti the bn-idtt exclusively, doodle t lie above rules. All leaded, nolle churned double, aud iiituutured as if mild. Sketches of Eminent itlcn, From Harper's Mgnzlnn lor August. HENHY CLAY. PERSON AL AN EC DOT Its, INCIDENTS, ETC. Wo have just returned from the Park and' City Hall, und frum witiicshing ih Inn;; proces-inn, ' meluncholy elow," that accompanied iho remains of the "(J rent Commoner' und great htiitesmuii, HkhhY Clat, to their temporary resting place in the Governor's Room. Il win not tho weeping flags hi. half-mast throughout llie city ! nut tho tolling i) Dm bell, t ho sitjcnm booming uf the minuTi puii, nor the plaintive strains of funeral music, which brought ihe tears to the eyos of thou- sumls, nfi Un mournful cavalcade pnssed on. For In re were the lifeless limbs, the dimmed eye, the hushed voice, th -it iifV'-r t-limild move, nor sparkle, nor resound iti eloquent Inues ugniu! The Inst time wo hud a en Henry Clay wns, fttnnd- ihg in nn open hnrouehe, on the very spot where his heinsonow paused, in front of ihe City Hull. He wits addressing then n vast concourse of bin fellow citizens, who li'id iintii'inli'ed to flo him honor; and never tjlmll wo forget tin) exquisite grace of his gestures, I ho ine lndieus tunes uf hi matchless voice, and the interior look of his -yiH nfl if lie were rrnhfir apoken from, ttimi tpeaking. It wua an occiimoii not to be foruiten. It is proposed, in tho prcHi-nt nvtule, to nfford llie reader ioni opportunity "f jtidgin of the clmrHCter and iii'iuiiiT ot Mr. (Jlny, lioth oh mi orator and n iiihii, nnd ol his pi'iiernl h ihils, from n fi w clmrncierisiie hii- I ecdott hik! irii'iilcnls, wliich have n well Butlieriti- I cut i'd h-n'tolore, or me now for ilm firnt lime comniu-1 nii-ati'd io tho writer. llionjhy. in Mr Chiy's ruse; , lei" iilri'iidy occupird much of llie spnee of nil our public j niriiaN; we rihull. therefore, omit purticulars winch ure imw mre or leos fiimiliur to the general : roHiier. i It Wat the rfitnrk of a iltstinimWd Benntor, t hut Mr. Cln)'i elnqih'iiro wns iilisolulety iiitniigiblo (o de-: lim aliou ; that the most Utliorcd and tlnillnif! devcrip 1 lion Coiiid not uiobrni'e tt ; und thnt, to bo iHidcntood, it huh I be tem and (. During his limy public lift' lie niichiiiited millions, nnd no olio could i how he did it. Ho wns nn oratur by nature His entile vyo buriifd with Irue pitriotic nnlor, or fluihod iiulinnliun hii (J deli, litre, tipoii Iti.- loes, or wim soti'uned with tears of eoiniiiitei'iittoii or of pity; mid il wui bei:ntise hi: lelr, that ho ntatle oikerM feet. "The cleiir conception, the liifjli put pi mo, the firm resolve, llin flannileia spirit, spe.tluu on (he tongue, l Mining.' Irmn the eye, inform itiL' every feature, mid iiffjiiiy llie whole mini onward, riyht onwui (I to his object' Mi j was ihn eloipience of ll' iiry Cluy ; or, rniber, to pursue (lie deliniiion, "it was somH hint; ("reiiier and higher than eloipueltco; it win action noble, sublime, Gun-like," While ihe collin containing all lliat remnitn'd of the pro it Orator uf Nature was being curried up the steps of the (Jit) Hull, a by slmiilcr reimnki'd, in hoiirii g of the writer : Well, we never rimll look upon hii likenpiun. What nn orator lio wnt ! 1 henrd lum speak but once, yet that once I bli n 1 1 always temeiiiber. It was a pood inuny years ng i, How, It wim in iho immense i tir-lioiife or depot, at Hyrncnse. The crowd was im mouse; nnd eve ry on o was turned toward the pint-form from which he wns to speak, iim it (he whole crowd were hut one expectuiit luce. Presently ho anise lull, erect as n statue looked familiarly around upon the nudienc", us if he were in mi assembly of porsonnl friends, (us in truih lie was,) ai.d begun. He comuo ncril ainnlst the most breal'i-less silent ; nnd n ho warmed up with bin subject, thero was not a look of his eye, not a movement ot his long, graceful ribt arm, not a swaying of hit burly, tli'il was not full of prare and ell'ect. Such a voice I never henid. It uh womlerlul ! A pentlc man, after heming ono of Mr. Clay's innptii- hi-eiil peuonmiiict s in the nemite, tints tlesciltics Dim " Kvery muscle of ihe orator's fine wus at work. His wbolo body seemed n .-Mtitf d, as il each part was in st i lift with a 6"(arate ble; nnd bis small white huml, with its blue veins apparently ilistt'ii'led almost to bursting, moved gracefully, but with all the energy of npid and vehement gesture. The nppenraiire ul the speaker seemed tint of a pure iniclb ci, wroupbi up to its mightiest energie, and bri'luly tthinuiK througli the thin and transparent vail of llei.li that invested it." It it much to be laincutt d that no painting exists of Ihe ilepuitiu statesman that really does bun Justice. What a treasure to the country, mid In the fi lends of the " Great Commoner," wo;ild be a portrait, at this time, Iroin the I iitlitul ami glowing pencil ot our pro eminent artist, Elli u! Hut it is inw " Ion lale." Once he took out Ins mm If. box, nml, nfter tnkirig a pinch ( suiilV nnd returning the box to his pork el, he illutlratcd a point which he win m-iluug by an niioo dote : " While I was abroad," said he, "laboring to ar range the terms of the Treaty of Ghent, there nnoenred a report of lb negn' bilious, or letters rebttivo (hereto; ami several (piotaiioiis irom my nuimrKs or letters. toocliinq certain stipillaiions in the treaty, renchttl Kentucky, and were read by niv Coiistitueuti, " Among litem was nn odd obi fellow, who went by the niekniiino of' Old Samluiky,' and be was rending one of tlit-Be letters, one owning, nt n near resort, to a small collection of the neighbor As ho rend on, he came across llio seiib ncu, This must bo deemed a tine qua non.' What's a tine qua nont' said a hulf dozen by-simi- iters. 41 ' Old Sandusky ' was a little bothered nt fint, hut Ilia good sense ami natural shrewdness was fully cipiul to n mastery of the Latin.' "Simp qua nont' snid 'Old Sandusky,' repealing tho questim very slowJv i 'why. Sine Qua A'on is three i-dnuda in Passntnnipnaldy M tv, and llarry Clay is the Inst mm to give Ihem up! No Sine Qua Non, no treaty,' he says ; nml he'll siirk to it !' " You should have saeii th" laughing eye, llie change in the speaker's voice and manner, said ihe narrator, to understand th" electric ell'ect the story bad upon ihe audience. rrevioiti to Mr. Clay' entrance upon public life, in the service of his country, and whilw lie watyet young In the praciire ol the law, in Kentucky, the billowing striking incident is relnted of bun: Two Germans, father nnd ion, were indicted for murder, r nd were tried for the crime. Mr. Clay was employed to defend them. The act of killing was proved by evidence so clear and strong, that it was considered not only a cane uf murder, but an exceed-inglv aggravated one. The trial lasted five days, nt the close of which he addressed the jury in the most impassioned and ebupient n miner ; anil they were so moved by bis pathetic appeals, ihnt they rendered a verdict ot manslaughter only. Alter another hard day' struggle, he succeeded in obtaining an arrest ol iudgmeut, by which his clietiis, in whose rase he thought there was nu absence of ull ' malice prepense," were set at liberty. They expressed their gratitude in the warmest terms to their deliverer, in which they wen-joined by an old and ill-favored f inale, ihe wile of one and the mother of the other, who adopted n ditb-renl mode, however, of tcndeiing her ili niln, which wm by throwing her arms around Mr. City's neck, and repeatedly kissing him, in the presence of a rrowdi d court room ! Mr. Clay respected her feelings too much to repulse her; but he was often afterward heard to say, that it was ' llie longest and strongest embrace he ever en countered in bis professional practice!" Henry Clay commence hit sway over the minds of tie-1 liiieiauve nun. The subjoined incident, connected with Mr. Clay's style of slump-speaking," is related in "Mallory's Llie of oar illustrious subject. Il illustrates Ins luct Hint ingenuity in seizing and turning lo gticd account trivial circumstances J Mr. Clay hud been spiking for somo time, when a company of riflemen, who had been performing mili tary exercise, attracted hy Ins altitude, concluded to go and hear what the lellow Itau to sav," as tlicy termed it, at d accordingly drew near. They listened wilh respectful attention, and evidently with deep interest, until be cloned, whim one of their number, a mail of about fifty years of age, who bad seen much back-wood's service, stood leiming on his rifle, regarding tho young speaker with a fixed aud iHga ious look. He was probably the Nimn d of the company, for he exhibited everv characieri-tic f a "mighty hunter." fie had buckskin b'eecheH, and hunting shirt, coon-ntfin cup, black huhy beard, nnd a visage of the color nml texture of his 4ti!!et-pniirli, At his belt hung the knife aud hatchet, and the huge, indispensable powder born across a breast bare and brown as the hills he traversed in bis forays, yet it covered a brave nnd noble heat t. Ho beckoned with his h'tiid to Mr Clay to approach him. Mr. Clny immediate'y complied. " Young num." Miid he, " you wtint to go to the Legislature, I see." "Why, yes," replied Mr.Clay; "yes, IMoud like to go, since iny friends have put ma up us a candidnlo before the people. I don't wish to be defeated, ol course; few people do." "Are ynu a good shot, young maul" asked tho hunter. I consider myself as good as any in the county." " Then you shall go; but you must give us a specimen of your skill ; we must see you shoot." ' I never shoot any ri tie but my own, aud lint is nt home," snid the young orator, ' No matter," quickly responded the hunter, here's Ula lieu; she novor lulled yel m lie hands ol a marks- man. 8hu has put a bullet through many n squirrel's Head at a Hundred yards, and day-Iiglit through many tt red-akin twice that dUtnnco. If you can shout any gun. young man, you can shoot uirt Hess! " " Very well, then," replied Mr. Clay, " put up your tiiai K ! put tip your mant v The target was placed nt about the distance of eighty yards, when, with nil the coolness und steadiness of nu old experienced niarkfiiiati, be drew "Old Hess" to his shoulder, and tired. The bullet pierced the target hoar the centre. " Oh, Unit's a chance shot ! n chnnco shot.'" exclaimed several of his political opponents ; " he might shoot all day ami not hit the mark ugain. Let him try it over! let him try it over!" " No, no " rntnried Mr. Clay, beat that, and thtn I ill!" At no one seemed disposed to make the attempt, it was considered Unit he hud given satisfactory pr. of of being, ns he said, " the best shot in the county ;" und ibis unimportant incident gained him the vote of every hunter and markumail in the usembly, which wu compofud piiucipally of that class of persons, as well the support ol ihe suine throughout the county. Mr. Clay wus frequently heard to say: "I hail never he foro fired n rtlle, and have not since!" It wis in turning liltto ihinps like ihese to ncrount, hat Mr. Clay, in ihe curlier iteriod of bis career, was so remarkable. Two oiher iuatances of this kind, although not new, may be npprnpiiately mentioned in this connexion. In 1805 an attempt wns made to obtnin the. removal f the capital from Krnnkfort, Kentucky. Mr. Clay. in a speech delivered at the time, reverted to the physical nppnnralice of the place, as furnii-hing hii argil- out in tavor ot the proposed removal, rranklortis ailed in on all sides hy lowering, rocky precipices, and in its general conformation, s nut unlike a great pit. "It presents, khuI Mr. (Jlny, In Ins remarks up'n he sum- c, "the model ol an inverted hat. r rnnktort is the body of the hat, aud ihe binds ailj iceni are the biim. To change the figure, it is Nature's great peni leiiliary; ond if the members would know ihe bodily cocdiiion of the primners, let them look at Ihece poor creatures ill tho gallery." As he aiud this, lie directed Ihe attention of Ihe members of the Legislature to some hall-dozen emaciated, siicctre-bko Mitriniriis of humanity, who ap peared to be moping about there, looking ns if they had just stolen a march from the grave-yard. On ob serving tho eyet of the lions' lluis turned toward (hem, and aware ol their Hl-luvored aspect, they sereemd themselves with such ridiculous precipitancy iielnmi tlie pillars nnd railing, as to cause tlie most violent laughter. This well-directed hit wns successful ; ami tho Hoiiso gave their votes in lavor of the meas ure. The seennd instance is doubtlen more fnmiliar to the reader; but Invbig "spoken id' guns," it may not be amiss to q oto it here : During nu excited political cnuvnss.Mr. Clay metnn old htititer, who hnd previously been his devoted friend, but who now opposed him, on the ground of "the com pensation bill, "Have you a good rifle, my friend T" asked Mr. Clay. " Yes," said tho hunter. "Docs it ever flash in the pun!" continued Mr. Clny. " It never did but once in the world," said the hun ter. exiiltiTiglv. ' Well, what did yon do with it? You didn't throw it away, did you I" " No; I picked the fl;nt, tried it ngaiti, und brought nowti me game."' ' Have ever ' flushed.'" continued Mr, Clny, i cept on the 'compensation bill V " " No. 1 cali'l a that jnti ever did." " Well, will ynu throw me away V said Mr. Cl;y " No, no!" responded the huntsman, touching on ihe right point ; "no; I II pick the jlmt, and try un attaint And ever afterward be wns iho unwavering Iritii d oi iwr. utay. From the same authority we derive another election anecdote, which Mr. Clny wns wont to mention to his mends, in a political canvass in fv Murky, Mr. Clny, and Mr. Pone, a ono-arined ninn, were candidates for the snmo ullico. An IrMi barber, residing at Lexington, hail nlwnv" given Mr. Clay his vote, nod on all oc casions, when bo wns n candidate for olliro, election. erred warmly for him. lie was "Iiish nil over," und was frequent I v in "scrapes," from which Mr. Clay gen ernliy sucrerdei in rescuing turn. Nomeliody, just he- lore ihe election took place, "came llie evil eye" over him; lor when asked who lie wns going to vote for, tie replied,"! m"nn to vote for the man who cuu't put more nor one nana into llie ireasiirv I ' A few tlnvs niter the election, the barber met Mr. Clay in Lexington, and approaching him began lo cry siivmg thai lie had wronged him, nnd repented Ins in gratitude. " My wife." said he. " cot round me, blub bering, nnd told me that I wns too bad, to desert, like a base spnlieen, meoiild frind. ' Niver's the time,' sbys she, 1 when yon got in jnil or in any bad fix, aierr's ihe time he didn't come nnd help you out. Oi-hl bud hick to yoti br tint piving him your vote!'" Mr. Clay ver tailed to gain Ins vote alterwuru. The combatants were now neurly exhausted; but the goat had the advantage, for he was gaining breath ull the while the stutcHui"u was losing it. " Hoy!' exclaimed Mr. Uhiy, pulling and blowing, this is rather au awkward buiiuecs. What am 1 todo next?' Whv. don't vou know I' said a little fellow, ma king his uwn preparations to rim, ns he spoke: 'all you've got to do is lo let go, and run like blaze!' The- hint was taken at once, much to the umusement ol the boys who had been lectured.' " The collisions between Mr. Clay and Randolph in Congress and out of it, are well known to the public, 't he following circumstance, however, has seldom been quoted. When the Missouri Compromise ques'ion wns bofore Congress, aud the fury of ihe contending parties Imd broken down almost every barrier of order and decency, Mr. Randolph, much excited, approaching Mr. day, said: "Mr. Speaker, I wish you would leave the House. I will billow you to Kentucky, or any where else in the world." Mr. Clay regarded him with one of his most searching looks for uu inatantj and then replied, in an uuder-tone:" Mr. Randolph, your proposition is an exceedingly serious one, and demands most serious consideration. Re kind enough to call at my room to-morrow morning, and we will deliberate over it together." Mr. Randolph called punctually at the moment; they talked long upon Ihe much agitated subject, without coming to any ugreemeni, anu Air. uanooipu arose io leave. "Mr- Randolph," itid Mr. Clay, ns ihe former was about stepning Irom the hoiiso, " witli your permission, I will embrace the present occasion to observe, that your language and deportment on the floor of the House, it hns occurred to me, were raihcr indecorous and ungetitlemnnlv. on several occasions, anil very an noying, indeed, to me; for, being in the chair, I hud no opportunity ol replying. While admitting thai this might, perhaps, be so, Mr. Rand ol nil excused it, on the ground of Mr. Clay's in attention to his remarks, and uhking for a pinch of snuff while he was addressing him, &a, &a. Mr. Clay, in renlv. said ; "Oh, you are certainly mistaken, Mr. Rnndolph, if you think I do not Jlileu to you. l frequently itirtt uwav my head, it is true, unu ask lor a pincu id siitdl still, I bear every thing you suy, although I may mm to hear nothing; and. retentive us 1 Know your memo ry to be, I will wager that I can repent as many of your peecties ns yon yourseii can : " Well," answered Randolph, "I don't know but I am miataken; and suppose we drop tne mutter, shuke bunds, and become good II lends again f Agreed! " satd Mr. Cluy, extending uta baud, which was cordially grasped ny iir. uuhdoipn. During the same session, and some time before this interview, Mr, Uandolph accosted Mr Clay with j look and manner much agitated, nnd exhibited to him n lei tcr, couched in very abusive terms, threatening lo cow hide him, tic; and ticket I Mr. Clay's advice as to the course lie should pursue in relation to it. What cuused the writer to send you sucn an insult ing epistle, Mr. Randolph?" asked Mr Clny. '' Why. I suppose," said Randolph, " it was in conse quence of what 1 said to him the oilier day." " What aid ynu say t" "Why, sir, I wus standing in the vestibule of tin House, when the writer CHine up and introduced to me a gentle tiititi who accompanied him; and 1 asked him at right he hud to introduce that man to me, and told him that the man had just as good a right to intro-Iroduce Aim lo me; whereat he was very indignant, said I hnd treated him Brandaloiily, mid tinning on his heel, went away. I think that must have made bun write Hie letter. Don't on th ink ho wns a Utile out of kit head to tulk in Ihnt way V asked Mr. Clny. Why, I vo Deeu lliinKing ntioiu mat, snid Kati- ilotpy : " I have some doubts repecting Ins sanity." "Well, that being llie cuse, would it Hot be llie wi- est coin so not to bring the matter before ihe House f I will direct tho senjennt at arms to keep a sharp Inok- iitt lor the mmi, and to cause Idm to be urresied should he attempt any thing improper. Mr. Uundoipli acquiesced in tins opinion, and not ling more was evtr heard of ihe subject. Another incident tombing Mr. Clay and Mr. Ran dolph, will be rend with inn-rest: At one lime. Mr. Kaudolpti, in a strain ot molt scorch ing irony, had indulged ill some personal taunts toward Mr. Clay, commiserating his ignorance and limited ed ucation, to whom Mr. Clay thus replied: Mir, the genllt-innn trout Virginia wus pienseu to say. that in utie point at lenst, be coincided w i ill me in hii humble estimate nf my phi'ologtcnl acquirements, Hir, I know my ilehciencies. I whs born lo no proud pain- moniul estate from my lather. I inherited only infancy. ignorance, nnd indulgence. I feel my delects, but, so tar ns my situation in early hie is concerned, 1 may wnhoiil presumption any, lhey ate more my miMortuiie than my full it. Hut, however 1 may deploro my ina bility 1" furnish to the gentleman heller specimen of verbal criticism, I will venture lo sny my regret i not greater than the disappointment n linn committee, ns lo the strength o lit argument. An anecdote Is relnted of Mr. Clny, aptly illmtrn ling hiaabilly to ennotu.ter opposition, in whatever manner presented. A me n her from Connecticut hail endeavored to inspire the younger numbers of ihe Senate with n respect lor him, nearly allied to awe and to ibis end wns accustomed to use toward them harsh nml haughty language, but eecialy to mnke an j ostentatious display ol Ins nitninmenti. and Ins supposed superior knowledge nf llie subject under discus sion. Mr. C lav con hi ill brook, hia insolent looks and Inngunge, and hnushty, overbeming manner, and took occasion in his speech to bit them oil', which he did by quoting feler 1 tudar S Alngpiet "Thus hsra I seen a miRpIo In the atrast, A chattrrlnt; bird we often meet, A I'ird fur curlinlt? well known, With hesd swrjr, And cunning rye, leep knowingly into a msrruw.bonel" "It would be difliculi," says the biographer who relates this circumstance, " to say wliich was the greater, the merriment which this sally caused, or the chagrin of (he satirized Senator. The particulars of the duel hetwecn Mr. Randolph nd Mr. Clay may be unknown to some of our readers. Die eccentric descendant of Pocahontas appeared on the "tumid iii a huge morning gown. This garment cuustituted such a vast circumlcrciice that Iho "loculi ty of the swarthy Senuior." was at least a matter s f very vngue coiii'-cluie. The parlies exchanged shots. and the bull ul Mr. Clny tut ihe centre of ihu visible object, but Mr. Randolph wnt not there! The latter had find in the air, and immediately alter the ex change of shots he walked up to Mr. Clny, purled the folds of his gown, pointed to the hole wIot- Hie lu I let of the former hud pierced bis coat, and, in llie fhrtllest tones o hit piercing voice, exrlaum-d, "Mr, Clay, yen owe me a coat -you owe me a contl" In which Mr. Clay replied, in u voice oi slow anil solemn enipbusis, at tlie same lime pointing direcllv at Mr. Randolph's heart, " Mr. Rmulolph, I thank God that 1 am no tlteptrm your dent I The annexed rejoinder apily illustrates Mr. Clay's readiness at repartee; At the time of the pnssnce of the tariff bill, ns the House was about adjourning, a 1 1 lend ot the n il oh' served to Mr. Clay, " Wo have done pretty well to day." "Very well, indeed," rejoined Mr. CIsy "very wen: wn innilo a good sihihi, considering we lat both our Ftet;" alluding to Mr. Kooteol New York, nml Mr. foot of Connecticut, both having opposed the bill, nllhough it was cuiihdeiiiiy expected, a short lime previous, that both would support it. Altor the nomination of Gen. Taylor ns a candidate for Ihe Presidency, mttdo by ihe W big Convention at I'biladelpliia, in June, 1844, many ot Ihe mends ol Mr, Clay were greatly disaiilied, not lo any exnsperated. by what they deemed an abandonment ot principle, ami uniairnesB in mo proceedings oi tun. ootiy: meetings were held in this city, at which ilelegutea from the northern nnd western parts of this Statu and from the Htate of New Jersey attended, and various arrange. ineiits, preliminniy lo placing Mr. Clay again in nomination tor llirttollice, were made and perfected. These steps were not concealed, and many of the Irieiids of General Taylor were so uncharitable ns to uvow their belief thnt Ihts dissalisfxcliou wns fostered anil en-coiirag d hy Mr. Clny himself. The following extract from a letter written to a friond in this city," one who hail trotn the beginning opposed tlie movement, will exhibit Mr. Clay a true sentiments nn that subject : "Amilakd, lCih October, 1848, " Mr Dr.AR Sir I duly received our obliging let- ter of the &ih instant, and I have perused it with the greatest saiislnction. "Tlie vivid picture which you have drawn of the enthusiastic Htlachmenl, the unbounded confidence, and the entire devotion of my warm-hearted blends in the city of New York, has filled uie with the liveliest emo tion ol urntiiuue. "There was but one more proof wanting of their goodness, to complete and perpetuate my ureal obh gatious to them, and that lhey have kindly given, in def.-renco to my a minus wishes; it wns, not to insist upon the use ol my name as a candidate tor mo 1'rcsi- lency, ntter the promuigntiuu oi my desire to the con trary. '"But. my dear sir,' ho playfully answered, Oti have a cold band to convey these sentiment to an lu-valid such ns I am. Come, draw up a chair and sit near me; lam compelled to UBe my ytce but little, ami very carefully.' " Doing as he desired, I expressed my deep regret that he was confined to a sick room, nnd added, that I hoped the return of spring, and Ihe curly recurrence ef warm weather would mitigate bis more urgent symptoms, and enable him again to visit the Senate Chamber.' Sir. said he. 'Ihese are the kind wishes ol a friend, but that hope does not commend itself to my judgment. You may remember that last year I visilrd the Havana, in the expectation that lis remarKatiiy gonial and mild climate would benefit me but I found no relief; llience to Nw Orleans, a favorite re sort of mine, with no belter result. I even became impatient fur the return of autumn, thinking thut-pos sibly its clear, bracing atmosphere at Ashhtud might lessen my cough ; but, air, the Havana, New Orleans and Ashland have all lulled to bring tne any percepti ble benefit.' ' 1 May I ask, my denr sir, what part of tho twenty-four hours nre yon most comfortable? ' "' Fortunately, sir, very fortunately I should add, mercifully during the night. Then, I am singularly placid aud composed : 1 am very wakeful, and during ihe earlier part of it my thoughts take a wide range. but I lio most tranquilly, without any sensation uf weariness, or nervous excitement, anu towards day tall into a quiet and undisturbed sleep ; this continues to a late hour in the morning, when 1 rise and breakfast about ten o'clock. Subsequently my cough for no hour or two, is very exuatisting. Alter one o'clock, and during the evening, I am inleruhly free of it, mid during this period, I see a few of my close, personal friends. And thus pars the twenty -fi.r hours.' "' I was grieved to Irani, through the public prints, that Mrs. Cluy bait been ill; muy lliope tlmUhu is better V "'She has been sick: indeed, at one lime I was much alarmed at her situation ; but I thank God, with deep emotion,) alio is quite recovered.' " ' I almost expected the gralilicaliun of meeting your Bon James and hia wife here.' " ' No, sir, you may remember that I once told you that he bad made h vrv fortunate investment in the suburbs of St. Loui.4. This property has become valuably, mid requires his attention and management : ho has removed thither with his family. It's a long way off, and I would not h ive them make n winter journey here; besides, I have every comfort and attention that a sick mun Chii require. My apartments, ns you per ceive, are far removed from the noise nnd bustle of tlie house ; und I nm surrounded by warm and anxious Iriends, ever seeking lo anticipate my wishes.' During this brief conversation in which we were quite alone Mr. Cluy hnd several paroxysms of coughing. Once he rose and walked ncroas the room to a spittoon. Tlie most careful use of his voice seem ed greatly ond constantly to irritate his lungs. I could not prolong ttie interview, though thoroughly Impress ed wilh the belief niiice mournfully verified that it would be the last. "1 rose, look my leave, invoking God's blessing on him; and, ns in Iho presence of Royalty, bowed myself out of the room Imckwnid. "On rising from bis seat, ns above remarked, be s'ood as erect and commanding ns ever, and while sitting in closn proximity to him, bis burning eyes fixed intently upon me, it seemed as if rays of bpbt were muted trtim ench. I his phenomenon is Dot unusual consumptive patients, ihe exiiaordinnry hrillinicy f the eye being often remarked; but iu Mr. Clay's case it was so intense as to mn- e me almost nervous, partaking, ns It did, of ihe supernatural. The day previous to the call nnd conversation nbove 'scnuid, the Lditor ol Ihe hmckrrbotker Magazine saw Mr. Clny in the street nt Washington, and ifius u t ions the lac t in the " Gossip "ol his April Number : 'nssing the National Hotel tit two o'clock on this bright and cloudless warm Nuiidny, we saw a toll fig ure, clad in a blue cloak, all- n 'ed o- ly by a lady nml Inld, enter a carriage be to re Ihe door, Once seen, it wns a face never to be forgotten. H was Henry Clay. That eagle-eye Was not dimmed, although ihe great statesman's force was ahu'ed. We raised our hat and mwed our reverence and admiration. Our salutation wns gracefully relumed, mid iho cairiagewns driven awav. " As wo walked n, to keep nn engagement to dine, we thought of the late words of that eminent patriot : ' If the days of my usefulness, as I have too much reuse n to tear, be Indeed passed, I bire not lo linger nu impotent spectator if the oft-scanned Held of life- have never looked upon old a ue, deprived of the luc-1 1 y of enjoyment, of intellectual perceptions nnd en ergies, with any sympathy; and for such 1 think the luy ol lute can not aruve loo soon.' une can Hardly but drop a tear over such a remark Irom such a man." Thus " broken with llie storms of state," nnd seal hod with many n fiery conflict, Henry Cluy gradually de scended toward the tomb. " During ibis period," says one ot his Kentucky colleagues, ' he conversed much Hnd cheerfully with his friends, and he took great in teres! in public affairs. While he did not expect a res. torution to health, be cherished the hope thai the mild nsou or spring would bring Dim strength enough to turn to Ashland, that he might die in ihe bosom ot his btinily. put, nhis! spring, that luings lite to nil Nature, brought no life t.or hope to him. After the mouth of Match, his vital powers rapidly wnsled, and lor weeks be lay patiently uwniting the stroke ol death. The approach ol llie destroyer had no terror lor him No clouds overhung hii future. He mot bis end with composure, and bis pathway to ihe grave was lighten ul by the Unmoral hopes winch spring irom a Chris-Man iaitb. Not long beloro Ins death, having put re- turned from Kentucky, bore him a token ot atlec'ion from his excellent wile. Never can I forget hi np- pcnrBlire, Ins manner, or his words. Alter speaking ol his family ami his country, he dimmed the conver sation to his own (online, anil, looking on me wih his yes iinditnmcd, nnd his voice full of its original com pass and melody, ho said : ' I am not ulruid to die, sir I have hope, luiih, nnd some confidence; I do not think nny man can be entirely certain in regard to his iiilure stale, hut 1 have an abiding trust in llie merits and mediation of our Saviour.' " On the evening previous to Ins departure, writes bis excellent pnslor and tuittnul attendant, l(ev. Dr. Untler, " silling un hour in silence by bis side, I could not but realize when I heard him. Hi the slight wan derings of bis mind, toother days and oilier scenes. murmuring tho words, My mother, mother, mother!' nd saying, ' My dear wile 1 ' us il she were present' 1 could mt but realize then, and rejoiced to think, how near was the blesed re-union of Ins wonry heart wilh the loved dead, nnd the living who must soon lollow him to bis rest, whose spirits even then seemed to visit and lo cheer Ins memory and uis hope." ilancln. WOMAN'S RIGHTS. LETT Ell FRU.M HARRIET MARTIN EAU TO MRS. OAUE. Mr Dear Madam Your letter iVis given rue great pleasure, and I thank you tor sending wa tlie assurance of your sympathy, and so interesting a glimpse as you afford me of your position and your life. I don't seo that we can do anything but good in seeking the nd-vuticem ut of woman, as lung us our great aim, felt nnd avowed, is to further the dischnrgo of duty. I think we may go on bravely and stoutly, while our demands are, Init for pleusitru and vatiilies, but that woman may have n better chance of heulih and strength, of sense and cheerfulness, of knowledge nnd Aclt'-disciptiiie. Men will not long be afraid of thai which will make their homes comfortable, their wives reasonable, their children healthy and obedient, and their bll'airs orderly und prosperous. And in your country, especially, I think the progress may he rapid, if women ask just that uiilch it is their plain human right lo bnve means of health of body and mind. In your country, I think I have seen Ihe strongest examples of every aorl of women. Certainly 1 never saw elsewhere women so utterly insufferable ns certain specimens of the wives of rich merchants in your great seaports; the winning discontent, the wretched health, ihe spiteful and leuzing temper, the tyranny 1 ready to took around and attract ihe aid of foreign nympaiuyin iihintie rebellions. Never promise lo give when the child leaves oil cry ing- Let the crying he a reacou for uot giving. Errors of Correspondents. A L'ses bad ink on bad paper. Writes on both sides of the leaf. 0. Crowds his writing too much. U, tonus his letters indistinctly. B. Forms one letter too much like another. F. M isspels a word in every sentence, G. Uses no capital letters. n. Uses capital letters just ns it happens. I. Never dots i' nor crosses t'. J. Does not nuuetuatt at all- K. Uses the at the end of every sentence. L. Uses the comma at llie end of every sentence. M. Pays no regard to syntax. N. Otnijs some words, and writes others twice to gether. O. y totes other authors without the quotation muks. P. Quotes the Scriptures inaccurately. Q. Never rewrites or corrects. R- Uses manv sutietfluous words. S. Delights in high sounding nnd hard words. T. Expresses himself too obscurely to bo under stood. U. Does not know precisely his own meaning. V. Marks every filth word in italics. W. Makes poetry without rhyme, and rhyme with out reason. X. Writes involving fuels, but does Dot furniuhhis over domestics, the nialico towards neighbors, td suiting behavior to husbands; these things made up I ,,, uom ,,omo,B peciuc,es o. uomesuc .u xuai y Abounds in tautology, lltivo ever j,ii Hi niiv rnniitrv. On lh olncr nnml. I n cm) nuwheiH look I'ur more exqviiile wives nnd innihrrn mail ol jrnur c,,,i,,lryw,,,0, w!,aw pnw.n and T, Ut oi. Fhuit.-Iihi.-mI ul .lumliog in any r . , near in a poiieron. cmi.utnption ,, ripe fruint, we ro amiiiia lu-n in nlm.i.t any itilrlleclu-l rank In any ra ilc, , ,i,vt.y conducive lo Iwallh. The emu, ry. And linn you linve all gradatlnu. between very maMie. coiiminnly annmcd to ll;,ve their origin llie iilwt and ilia .ape ; and ercially, 1 mnv Hole, a iu ,,. rc u0 , clierrie.. meluna and ,a,ge ir,,p.rm,u ,.i peuaii.. aiiii.ng your advancing wi,u t.erri., liave hero quite a. prevalent, if lint women. I lin M unavoidable . I know. Tliera wa.au equally de.lruclivo, in waaum of caieily. There are npo of ll.e world when knowli ee'began to be ihtlu.ed , ,, mmieu, , entertained of the bad ef- ... ... " l" uu" i"-"'". ' led. ol Irult, thai it i qurto tune a counteract iiil lie met, ueau.u I I. unuvoiuaiue, nnd uecuuie u .. a ,,re.,i,,n aliould be pinniuliatted, havinR il. foundation ill ti, I ul firmiriiuai l.nl I rnllior i n.t.il llm nm In 111 u lulr. I ' . 17 , . t,."" . j, common sense, and has. d on the common obnerva- inx possession oi inn movement, pusiuio; lorwaro itieir own personal claims, nnd nuking the cause ridiculous by lliuir conceit, and offensive by their sul-regard. In civil suits, nt this period, Mr. Clny gained almost equal celebrity, nnd especially in iho aettbment of laud claims, at that limn an iinporlnut element in western litigation. It is related of him, at this stage of Ins career, that being engaged in a case which involved immense interests, he associated with him a prominent lawyer lo whom he intrusted its management, as ur gent btisinessdeninnded his absence Irom court. Two days were occupied in discussing the legal points Unit were to govern (be instructions of the court to the jury, on every one of which his colleague wns frustra ted. Mr. Chy returned, however, Iml'ore a derision was rendered, nnd without ui qnaintimt himself with the nature ol th testimony, or ascertaining llie man ner in which tho dictisioii had been conducted, alter oourerriiig n lew moments with hit associate, be pre. ptred nnd presented in a few words the term in which he wished ihe instructions to be aiven. accompanying with his rens'ins, which was so convincing that I he uu was terminated in his favor in less than one hour fler he MMiilareil I hit noiirl.rfMim. Thus tarly, tad in ft caroor merely pro foil loual, did A striking intnnre of tlie simplicity us well ns hu muuity of Mr. Clay's character, is given in the follow ing authentic nnecdote of him, while a member of the House ol Representatives! ' Almost every lntv in Washington City will remem her nn old he-goat, which formerly inhabited a livery- table on Penio-vKnina Avenue. This animal w is the most independent citireu of the metropolis. He be longed to no parly, although he frequently pave pedestrians 'striking ' proofs ol hi adheniou to the ' level ing principle; lor. whenever a person stopped any where iu the vicinity, 'Hilly' wns sure to 'mnfcent him,' boms and nil. The boys took delight in irritn ting him, and frequently so annoyed him ihnt he would butt' against lampposts and trees, to their great amusement. Otied.iv, Henry Clny wns passing along the avenue, and seeing the hoy intent on worrying Hilly into a fe ver, stopped, and with characteristic luimnttiiy expos- tulateil wuti ihem upon their cruelty, llie boys listened iu silent awe to the eh quent npprrd of ihn ' Lu miliary of ihn West,' but it was nil Cherokee to Billy, who the unsratelul scamp' arose nntesticnlly on his hind legs, and made n desperate plunge ni Ins Irmnd nml advocate, ftlr. Ulay, however, proved loo much br Ins Honied mtversnty. lie aeiied both horns ol the dl lemmii, and ilien en me (he 1 lug of wnr.' The struggle wns long sod (loiihilul. "'Ha!' exclaimed ihe statesman. 'I've got y mi fait, you old rascal! I'll teach ynu belter manners tbail to attack your fi lends I But, boys,' he continued, 'what shall l dt) nwr ' Whv. trio un his fret. Mr.Clav.' Mr. C lav did he was told, and alter many severe efforts, brought Billy down on his side. Here he looked at the boys imploringly, seeming lo iy, 'I never wu in such i fix MfAUDtturer In another letter, to the same party, wtitten few weeks earlier, occurs Ihe loiiowing touching passage indicating his sen so of the oppressive loneliness with which he was iben surrounled. Referring to there-cent departure of Ids son James uu bis missiou lo Por tugal, ucentnputiled by his isiliuy, lie says! II that Imd, as I hope, t prosperous vnvnrn, they will have arrived ai j.tverpooi nooin uie suine day thai 1 reai In d homo My separation irom them, probably for a length of time, the uncertainly of hit ren dering it not unlikely that 1 may never see ihem again, nnd the deep and ullectionnto interest I take in their welfare aud happiness, tins been extremely palm ful. I find myself now, toward the close of my life, in ono reaped, in a condition similar to that with which I began it. Mr. Clny nnd I commenced it alone t and niter having Imd eleven children, ot whom lour remain, our youngeat sou is the sole white pcrmn resi ding with us. We are indebted lo the same oblicinir irenllemnn, from whom we derive the foregoing, lor ihe following graphic description of a visit paid to Mr. Clay in hii sick chamber at Wushingt n : On Mondnv. the fnsi of March last, at about one o'clock, at the National Hotel, Washington, having sent iu my name, Mr. Clay kindly admitted me in Ins room. 1 toimd it d arse tied by heavy closed curtains, and the stttlenr sealed in an easy chair nt ihn remote end, near a moderate coal tire. I approached him mpidly, anil, inking Ins extended soli band and attend atd fingers, said, 'My dear sir. 1 am most honored and gratified by this privilege of being again permitted in renew lo yon personally, ihe expression ol my una-haied attachment and reverence.' lion of ihe intelligent. Wo have no p.dienro in rend ing the endb ss rules to be observed ill this depart ment of physical comfort. No one, we imagine, ever lived longer or freer from the paroxysms of disease. I believe and trust ibere ore manv tbuusnnd women by discarding the delicious fruits of the luud in which about you who will ere long hold your views, and say ne finds u home. On the contrary they are necessary aloud, however modestly und quietly, that lhey desire 10 the preservation of health, and are therefore caused the means of health for themselves and their daughters, to mnke their nppearmicu at ihe very time when the the means of doing their dulv better, whatever may be condition of the body, Operated upon by deteriorating the duty that lies ueuiest to liHtid. Ihe means ot atcer causes nor niways unuei siood, requires their grateful mining fairly how much they are nble lo do for the renovating influences. Doiton Medical and Sumical enlighteiiing and tiuining and serving and aiding niJtmrnai, who mnv tie within reu h ol their in uence. II v ner- evernui-e id 1hi rh.iro together wilh ft stondv mwenl. THE EviL OF Sl'.F IIHNESS. The Universal evil llie uess iu urging il, by a diligent use of all the means of cvil wiih i the common parent of all other evils improvement m they anse, and by a conscieutioiu die- creating aim multiplying individual and social misery, charge of every existing duly tlie more strenuous and Ki.riSHNis. No mun cun be happy without gelling patient as the intellect becomes stronger I have every I1"1 Ul 'nmseii. iu prove una, oniy compare tun leei-n ono that a ornomtion or two will eiinrimie.H n arfi.L we have in the performance, of an act id' humanity advancement, and everybody will he the h-ipoler for B,,u "eneiicence auy ministering mine comiori oi a .. . .. J. rJ . . r I ..1... 1 I i- .. tne progression oi a part oi tne great human family, y pr umi nunueu lamuy cunipnin aim, who must ever sin und sulVur. or nroiner and eniov. ' lliy- w'11' n" 8Ct which is purely stilish, though tie throvehmit, nnd not paitiullv. Men and children sutler cM,"7 tw I'f1 'he pnrlaklng of a hearty meal. In llie iifl much us women In, to I in iu'esnnt Hu n ol I lomia oioer uta Kniiincuiioil IB eunreiv seiiBUUl i 111 llie H ami I trust and believe that they will one day bn taught Iner '.,IW 'lds, and ihe Htl'ections glow iu the this by ihe hnppy experience of a great amelioration, consciousness of blesting, mid being blessed. Selli-h- As for me. I work on in n ouiet sort of n wnv in the '" I" P iront of Avurice, which hoardsinceBsantly cnuse. rendering my health hardy by exercise, cold wi'hout tdject or aim; of Stinginess which knows no water and plain diet ( making my servants and neigh- '"'Y- hnd ,e,,, uH'erlng but its own j of Malice, and burs ns happy as I can (which is ebb fly by being uu- Ellvy. Revenge; for all these originate in some commonly happy my tell ); aud trying to think and reniorsuppos. u injury, or privation upon sell beyond. ear I ns i Ilm-Ii V nn I rnn. mill limn mvitiir n nm v ' "lotii uicrw im iioiiihik ruuer III Heaven or whn' I think mid have learned, without any legnid to ""th. Let it bo repealed, then, until it is remember- what the world may sny, my topic.- being of genetal '" ,,,rtt " wl, w'"d be happy must j;et out of him Political ENOLISH FREE TRADE ENGL 18 H POLICY Ilf BE- OABD TO AMERICAN POLITICS. Some time since we published an article from the London Timet favoring the election of Pi it act as beueficiul to English interest!. To-duy we give nn extract from Blackwood' t Magazine, atnry Quarterly. Ihe article from wliich ihe extract is taken purports to be by " An Englishman abroad," who writes from this country. Alter alluding to some oilier matters connected with our politics, ' e says: A murta more Important qn- .on Is die Tariff: end tt II one which will enter Inter very ... llncsl ccinbiDatiun. tt fans not of Isle been put very premlneu ij ter ward ; but it Is nut ttin leas Important un that account. The mnnulticlurers ot Auiprlcs csn nm exist under competition with Knglmiii without s higher tsr-itf; and the linmlu question is, whether tnauufictum hull cense, or nut 1 may return tu Ihe utiject In a suturquent letter; hut I shall now remark only, thai while thn Lust, a ton preiit mnDUfacturiitir diilrict, hus been generally in fsvur of li'iflier duties, ibu West sitd the PoUtti bnve hevu sdvsrte. A ' elt-nte, l)owi?rr, If tnkui(f pi see la this respect. Mnnulsrture isincreHimn In the West, especially sluce lsre mines lure been uperstrd upon, anil ba siruiig up la the tiouth. Neither ! so jiuiueiT.-ij nifrtcutiurai as u w; anu inere una Been nsroty a l'renJriit rnshlns lueech lor ihn last tlx months which has not hail si nte allu.luu tu the necessity ol an increased tsrltf. 'ibis lisinibcant. This and the London Timet explain why it is that England wished us tu adopt free trade. " The manu facture of America CANNOT EXIST Wrr competition with England without a higher tariff, and the limpte quet-lion it whtther manufacture SHALL EXIST OR NOT." Any one can find this passage in ihe July number of Lfonard Scott & Co's reprint of Blackvood, July, 1852, page 45. Thus we see radical Locofocniim In the United States playing into the bauds of England. It would be betler for Die HrUnh government lo pay ten millions of dollars than to have Mr. Pierce fail to be elected ; for ihe question ii, " Whether manufacture, in this country, thaUccatcor not." This Englishman abroad is not very fluttering in hii notice of ihe country. Ho is willing to strengthen monarchy at home by disparaging the Americau peo ple. On page 48 he Bays; Klllmnre, Webster, Bcott, and Cais am thn mors prominent cni;drtus; but the most prominent are nut alwsys lite most juccetilul ; and It wiuldnut at all lurpriic me to find some man remoti unnesra ui in me coniesi, sirupins; quieny mm ina I'residentUI chslr. The more a mm hut; done tor Ibo country, the less likely is the cuuntty to choose him. This was written before the nominations. How far it hits the case our readers can judge. If it is true that " the more a mun docs for his country the lcis likely is the country to choose him," then Gen. Scott's chance is a poor one. The British emissaries have connected ibeir free trade scheme of breaking down our manufactures with a name which, according to their own theory, is mere likely lo succeed than one who has distinguished himself as Scott has. Fortunately, the American people have a chance yet to repel this calumny; forewarned, forearmed. Mr. Clay's countenance immediately after death looked like nn antique cast. His features seemed to ho petf ctly clusiical i mid llie repose uf oil iho mus. cles gnvo ihe lifeless body a quiet majesty, teldom reached by the living human being. His last request was that his body might he buried, not in Washington but in bis own family vault in his beloved Kentucky. hy Urn side of his relations and friomls. May he rest in pence in his honored gravel ilUt anb fjumor. If He must communicate if he would receive. He must bless it be would be blesstd. Rtp. Dr. Bond, will! We like thnt strong, robust expression. No one having tutored il sincerely was ever a meiin, clinging man. I he pigmies of the world did n- t trouble; mm, ulihough they rose in masses to pull him down. He speak, and thn indomitable will prevails. His enemies fall before him. He rides forth a conqueror. Would you bo great T Uou'd you be distiiitU'sbed ior your literary or sciennhc t hoi ts.f book not mourn interest and the re lit re at the general disposal. 1 nm, dear !l ttium, Trillv yours, H. MARTINEA0. Life iw a Powder Mill. Dickens tints defcriht'i a visit to the Powder Mdl of Houuslow, near Loudon In this silent region, amid whose nine'v seven work places no human voice ever breaks upon the ear, and where, indeed, no human form is seen, except in the isolated boose in which his nltoltt d taslt i iinrlnrm. ed, there nrn secreted upwards of two huiidicd and ''illy at otir lot, hut wilh " I will!" brea-hiug upon titty work people. They are a peculiar rare, not of v,l,ir "P9. n,l, oursUiig irom a great heart, you cnniml course, by natuie, in ihe most cases, but by the habits hut prevail. Show im ihe man who never rose higher ol years. 1 he circumstance ot the momentary de. true- ,IIU" H i"Bd srooi nun tin influence died within breath, ti, hi iu w hich thev Iivh. ndded to the nnut iriennro and we will point vou to a crinsinff wretch, who and necessary regulations, huve subdued their minds fetnftled ol the approach of a spider and fainted be- anil feelings to the condition ol their hire. There is l",l,n B "imtder cluuil. Let the tires o energy pluy sehhun anv need lo enforce these legulnlluns. Some roucu your veins, unu il your thoughts nre directed terrible explut-inu here, or uf works of a similar kind the right channels, you will yet startle the slumber- elBewhere, leaves a fixed murk in their memories, and "'B univene. Joan Ieat. nets as a constant warning. Here no shadow of a praclicul pike, or caper ot nniuml spirits, ever trans- Cost of I it kach Kits. A paragraph tins been circa 'at pire ; no wmii-isms, Do ntilhs, no chatting, or siting, "'g ireeiy in ine newspapers respt cting "he excessive A luttgh is seldom heard, a smile is seldom seen. cost of preachers in the United States. It is said thai riven ihe work is cariied on by the men wilh as few 'here are over sixteen thousand ministers of Ihe vari- words ns possible, ami tin so uttered in a low tone. "UH denominations, and that, at an average cost of $:t",r Not that nny one f.im ivn thnt mere sound will WHk- ''"' b. there would be expended the enormous sum of en ttte spirit id combustion, or cause an explosion to fb.nnu pijo annually tor this one thing. Hut w bat is tike place, but that iheir feelings are alwava kei.t I die cost of keeping up an opposite state of nlliirs? subdued. Over 412.001), (100 nm annually spent on the Hi 0110 "II one man wishes to communicnto auvthina to criminals in prison in this country ; and were Satuii to number, or lo ask for any thing from somebody at a ,,NVB I11" uwn WRy undisturbed, it is likely that no sum short distance,, he must un there : he is never iiormit- money or ol menns could heen order in our midst. ted to shout or call out. There is a particular reason f'ln ministry, sepmn'e fiom other constderuiions, is lor this last regillnliou. Amid nil this silence, when- 'l'e greatest nationul snlegtiard lhat we, as a republic, ever a shout dues occur, everybody knows that someican uunst. imminent anneer is exoerteil tin, nuit nminunt it,..l I all null nwny lieadloug fntm the direction nf ihe shout. P( ffkrihq the Flus. Klies at this time of ihe yenr, As lo running toward it to otter any assistance, as com proiianty ot sigm a by I'roviUeuce lor minn use. mtm in all oilier cases, if is thoroughly understood that 1,11 !"""lm,- but in what particular we do not under none can be nlloidnl. An aecidi it hem i imn.e.lt,iu tndt are nevertheless a great annoyance. The fob and beyond remedy. If ihe shouting ho continued for ,ow' preparaiion has been recommended to thin some iimo ior man might oe drowning in the river,) ,mu "'7 never hoi n, tiou lhiihui, unrro- that mii'ht cause oiih or iwn of th l.l.l...i in 'oie, speak from experience in reenrd to it : hut Ibis would be a rare occurrence. It is by no 1 J'"1 a plate one leaspoonlul of black pepper, two menus to be interred thut the men are selfi.h and iu- T,il,,,,,i",ui oi Drown sugar, and one table spoonful sensible to the perils of each other: on lb rontrxrv . cream. A lea mude of quassia, and sweetened ihev have the irrentest coiisidHrniifin foe e..el nili.,r I wt'h sugar has also been rcromuieiided. Ruber ot well ns for their employers, and thiuk of the danger to 'no preparations, it is ssid, will cati-e the Ho s in re-the lives of uiheis, aud of (be property at slake at all ,iro loPr"' H Ibese prove elfeclut l, they are times, nml more especially in all the more dangerous m."c" "iier anu snicr preparations man cobalt, arse " houses." The proprietors of the various gunpowder ,'c, wl,il n ar' n,,t ""'table lo have in the way o' mtns au aiapiay uie some consideration loreach other, "'? poiauui-ii jr niein. il anv improvement tendltn! to easen ibmirer ia i h.enver. iatnt rarmtr. olhei. TliawsifssnrilMri.sn.r 1U1 .1 L RfCIPK MR ClIOLERA. TultO of Blllllll LeiT. lem very short; no arlilicial lights are ever used ill the ''"l "d ce-crenn., eoch one quart. Mix while the winks. They all wash thetuielves-black, white and tberimi'-,'r "'.gmgabove 95 degrees eat uf green bronze and leave ihe mills nt hjlfpnat thn e in ihe BPI' " cucumbersa muchasyou like alter which r. .. - . 11 1 I'll ilnu.li 1(1 Itai Dnm " nn Wuler ttrui.1 ....( ....... ...I afternoon, winter and summer." go down lo " Rat Rote " on Water street got corned ih cent brandy kirk up a row nmmiff the worth. inhabitants of that delightful neighborhood stnv out late at the Club. emtne and if you liavn't the 'ernmn" Urol. in "1 l.i.upa unit .,rtJ, I .1 I.I I... promoted. N. II. In case of lailure, double the dose, Sandut- A Uui-oouK on Moos. a rrovtdetice paper gives us the following adroit dialogue! trieud," said a shrewd w inKer to a man with a drove of hugs, " bait any hogs in this drove with largi bones T " ' Yes," replied the drover " limy all have." " Unit any with long heads and veiy sharp n st sf " " lea, Uiey au nave.' " Hast any wilh long ears, like those uf tho elephant, hanging down over Iheir eyes f " Yea, all my drovo are ol that description and will suit you exactly. " l rather thiuk they woma not suit me, trieud, they are such as thou describes! tbein, Ttmu may's! drive on. An Irish Litter. The loiiowing is going the rounds or llie newspapers, purporting to huve been written ItV an irishman to bis sou at school. 1 lie re enn be Miration but it is genuine uoiio nm an irishman could have writieu il : Dear See If yon nre well when this rent ties you. we nre well. Hy the bearer I send you iny old brown coat get a new one msde out of it. Your mother,uu-bi-ktmwn to tne, Bends yoti five pounds. I hope yon will not spend iln-tn foolishly t il you do, 1 1 unjust you Unit you sre a ully goose, and I remain your ttll'eciionnie fmh-r. P. S. Your sister Sally wimb d me to tell ynu to send her a shell comb, but ns 1 loigoi it tins tin,, and Hp, let er is a bendy started, 1 will meniiou it iu my next. Is it so f Women timkn iheir advances as Time makes his. At twenty, when tho swain approaches to pay bis devoirs, lhey eu laiin, with languid indifference, "Who is bet" At ilnrty, with a prudent look towmd the wuys and means, tlie quesU n is, "What is he T" At flirty, much anxiety manifests itself to make a hymeneal seU-ctn n, nnd the query changes itself into "tthich is bet" Hut nt fifty, ihe noxious expectant prepares to seine upon any prey, and exclaims, M hvre is heT" Eastern and A.mkhican Women. The National In- telligeiirer is publishing a series uf letters from a citi zen of VY nshuigton, wlio is traveling in the Old World lu ins lust ittiir he ihua compares the women with llnwM ,.l bt. niv., ,..,,,,.,. "In my rumbles about the village of Ranlbeo, I wfa Rf8i,teT' . , , t '"-"V " '"""-i mm uitrr.irrme n n,.D we take up n volume published a century or youthfu'nes. of some uf the And. mothers. I saw sev- ,wo apu. Ulo tirst cl.nrarier'stic thnt strike, ns j. a cer- ,,.m.H r, w,wnv unu ,wiyo or lourieen tBin repose nnd air of leisure iu the very style. 'I lit year, om wuu on . e.,n ine.r arms, evidently ihidr UU.ors seem not in the least haste, tl.ev write Verv own ; and i wns told i hi it wasqu.ie emmou through- llu h as a country gentleman talks with his friend, fro... out Syria. Many of the women are very beautiful- town, a- if desi.oua to prolong the rare delights of com much more so I think limn either iho Oircnss nn or ....d.....i.in a ..,.i-,! u... .. " . . . .... Turkish women. It wns mule enclmniine i tl.ir ('. ' .1.' . L ! . " . ' r . y' complexion, dark eyebrows and flashing eyes t and for pmgress.ve spirit of ihe age. He dares not line-r bv regmaruy aim oenency o. eature i Dave never seen ,t,e way side, but pressei on to tho conclusion of his "" T , 1 ' , , 7 . 1,1 task by the most direct way, . -.. ... ..in. ii'iuim anu uiini 1 want nut " - -..",....,,, v..,,ry. oeiieveiiia Tt DoK yAR.Ve ove nenlnria. Our evei .? '.' .':,r, "'f. .'" l,ml lVI-'-i- take in a ,tr..iSe,-. home at a oUnce. Heaven n'v r(, c, of he.ut, . . high a degree a. m Belhle- mnk. hi. dwelling a cheerie.. b,le Aa we traverle " Til. women nf n.lil,.h ... .!..! I. "'" f,n."T lu"k " "!'" ll""r "' The dow it,0. I never .aw ...eh eerier, erlil-. . ' V. '"..,' "' " 'e pregrainn,. of the order of internal arranR, ill i-r. i-,,' l . J """" meiits. 1 he clean awi kv. l.n.u. an. a.ie , . r.l. ilL h....,l 1 f- . . nu. me,,,, .ai iney are ai nil ll.e higher a r.butes o wilh of cimifrt w'(fW wp kw' beauty to our own fair country-women, for that would be sacrilege. Iheiois nothing in ihe Ensl, or in Eu- ropu viiiier, or nuywuere rise, mat 1 bnve visited, compare with the ladiesof 1'hilndelphla, Haiti more and Washington. Talk of Parisian beauties! Lively and vivacious Uiey are. to be sure; but not dignified, uot gentle nnd modest. Talk ol English benut.osl (.rand enough, inir, nut not graceful, and stdl as buckram. Italian beauties; ilaik, dull and greasy, (iertmiu, fat a d tlitnd. lutkish, tullowy nnd buttery; all well enough in their way i but.Mn-hsllu! it wont do to men tion them in the same breath with American beuiilit s. swept door sill and walk, and tin are no unmeaning indications, and we slot order THE LONDON TIMES AGAIN. To show which party in this country tho English Government regards ns playing into its bunds, we can multiply proof upon proof. And it is one of the singularities of the times to find that the parly io Ibis country lai ming to be more democratic than nny other, is the party uf all others to which the Hritih look for Hid and omfort. In an editorial uf the London Timfi, of the date of July 12th, now in our possession, noticing the death uf Hknht Clat, that illustrious man is spoken td iu many respects ns bo deserved, but lhey criticise and deprecate bis "strong and exclusive American feeling," as if lhat were a defect in nn American states mun. They say-He adopted with enthusiasm thn Idr a ef a enmbfr ed Ams-rfrsB ptillcf, lo ihn eju-lu-loii ot Karrpesn inlloence on thai continent. Itut he gave dii eni oursgi nn'til to ihe irlit-mea ol 'I exsn annexation or in lite tnulixiiou ul Mexico, and he esi.la cl his tatdy usient tu (bat unjust and attres lve war hy lb loa ol hit only on, who was kil'ed In setn.n In one ol the Mr-xlcm bailies. I'rutialily It was this strong and excluivn American tecling, which wa tnaioralile as a bum of pstrlotim, that l-d Mr.Clay into the p'inclpul error nf hit politic I lite; fur unquestionably his au h'iriiy ai.d his arg" "wnt- were the sironui ul i for many y ars of ihn yt- in of biuh tariffs and proli-cuvc duties In the Unupd Slates. It is ttr-nge st 'his dy lo turn back tu the nar row aim erroneous views ul ao rmlueut a man. The Timet, moat of our readers know, is decidedly the paper of England, and the most powerful pn per, indeed, in Ihe world. It is as intensely English, as it says Mr. Clat wus American. English statesmen and nglisli writers are not left in aoy doubt by ihe course f die two pnrtius in this country, which party is most mertcan in its policy. Tlie truth is, and the proof is now overwhelming and cannot be dodged, thnt the Loco loco party in this country is only a sham Democ racy, not a real Democracy, which goes lo England lo find out how American nf fairs should be managed. The Timet goes on lo say- There can be lltt'e doubt lhat thn mlschisTnua delations of Mr Clny and his Irlenil on these ulj-tU, hs considerably prolonged theexutei.ee ol blub protective rfuiies in ihe United Mtstes, thnitt-h ihese views bv hern equally Injurious tu their pirty inteieMi, and to the public prosperity. '1 hn Whig party ha lost Its, II in Amr-rlcs, not to mui h tx-csutn It Is Whiv at be. a it la i'roii-cilnntil. inn in power at the present lime It cannot art upon It own principles, and ev rythtnr teems to de- nun- mm ine re x rrrineunat eiernon win cnmpimriy a-ieairn prr-ti-nsiona. Had Mr. Uy taken a d fWem courte on ih-xtonv inerrlsl policy ol ihn I ninn, he would prohably hsyn ft yrd a much liiioier tenure ef t rtice, and he would certainly haveda-at-rved a Jar larger amount ul public gratitudu. Had ihe able Englishman who wrote that article been in ih:s country to witness the universal outpour ing of grii'f among the people for the loss of Hedrt Clat, and tu observe the expressive tokens by which they sought nn i still seek to manifest their dep gratitude for his high American services, bis noble Amer- .(inspirit, and th-ir ntlV-ctiouate regard for his memory, a different opin on might be entertained as to the kind of public services considered here as deserting of " public gratitude." Its predictions about the next Presidential etectioii" show from what quarter they obtain their information, and with what party hey nttviao. it lias even adopted the Locofoco charge against ll.e present Whig administration, of " being in power" while it "cannot act upon its principles." That paper is conducted with loo much intelligence not to know just as tho Locofocos In this count y know, that iho Whig party has a President, but only a minority in Congress, and consequently is not " iu dower " in a aense to be able in make laws, or to be responsible for ihe want of atiiUible laws. Indeed ihe London Timet and the AVs- York Herald papers very unlike in character, yet boihovncd by Englishmen one the English organ at home and the other the Eng lish organ in America are tne most earnest and anna. reutly the most ifficient supporters of the Locofoco party, as at present organized. No one can read those papers and doubt this. General Scott finds no favor with them. He whipped the British at Fort Gtorgt, Ckipptica and LunJy't Lane, and hn now stands upon the Ameiiean polity of Mr. Clat. Theyiwo did more to bumble Ureal Uritniu in Ihe Inst war than any two men Mr. Clat as ihe lender in Congress, General Scott as the hero in the field. They were friends to their country and lo ench other while Mr. Clat lived, and now that he is dead, General Scott has no no'ion of deserting Iho American policy. If we understand the matter, the American people propose to elect President on their own account, not on ihe account of England. reigns." Cayuga Chief. Government of Children. AnUi-inate nnd nrevent fretbilness nnd ill temper by keeping the children in A Fast Mam. The Pittsburgh Dispatch nnvs there is a man hi Unit ci y who has been a delegate to a county convention, au unsuccessful candidate for the Legislature, got up a public bull nnd supper, slept n inin mi 1. ohm"" im aerniK inner people tiritlK, gOI possession oi n lurm against ihe will ol the owners, ar rested lor being ion drunk to know niiolber mat.' horse from his own, held to bud lor forribht entrv and tietnlner, nnil prosecuted tome ball doieti people lor toiisiiirney an wiiiiin n couple ol months. A w hlikv- jug is at tne nouum ol an his troubles. Nicholas Dean, Kio , President of ih Crotoa Aqueduct Dud, s Ult-loog irlsad ul Mr. Usy . 'Hurrah for Scott and Grnham 1' said a young W'big (be other day, to a half inebriate Locofoco, l l.e reply was, 'hurinh (hie) tor King and Otic) thai ether filter.- The " Drmncrnl " here, i ublishes a Pierce enmpntgn Bong, hi wnirn uie loiiowing 'eiuim ; i "Tit at tame obi men that looks so 1st, I How i 'hen hse we slsfn i Atttl when we think him dead and Rons, Then up ha p-ips s-lnl'' Well he d es! A. ' Krf-nt. Bachelors A friend ot ourasnyahe always would have remained single, but he could not allord it. What it cost him for " aula and ice-cream," wns more than he now pays to bring up wife and live children. Use Dolors should think ot this. Corporations. Thni-M nre enrimr1.tin.,ai ..I' tF,i;eia good health, ease, and comfort. Never quiet by givim; kinds and Uie corporation ol un Alderman is generally ... ... e , nj nn; mi. ..j upminB. enpunniis, nm inoseoi n new jork Aitlt tinaii "Ink' ror too urai uw no 'it t nt, a v mmi unu nnraii snumis (he dilanidnted linen oil Hie shrubbery " In two day the bearing of children, or violent lights in ibeir a committee of sixteen ..I ihem h.ir Mr. rh.v' sight ; address ihem in std'l limes ; do nothing to flight- remains lo Albany, tnn up a bill id $1 J'JI.HO f..r n cu thetni nml never jerk or roughly hutuiie ihem. tieshtnents." In Urn hhiuuoI common sens.', luidid avoiu angry worua nnti violence noin to a ctiiltl ami they eulT in its presence) by which means a noiu'oliy violent hitii may be trained to gentleness. it is related ol ex-Uovernor Brtggs, of Mnaarhn Moderu'e auy propensity ot a child ; biio'i ns anger, sells. Mini many years ngo, when exoosiulniino with i violence, greediness for food, cunning, which appears young man about diinkiug, nnd urging hinitonhun loo active. Shew him no exumple ot these. (don the practice, ihe young man agieed In lenve off if Let tlie mother be. and let tier select servants such the Governor would leave oil wearing a shot collar, as she wishes tlie child lo lie. 1 lie yetingesl child is The litter agreed to Uie novel requisition, end in en nttecttd by the conduct uf those iu whose arms he 1 funnily to Uie burgnin has never worn a collar since. lives. Let a molher feel as she ought, and she will look na Rpirit RAFFiao Wn learn by the Opal, published she feels. Much of a child's earliest moral Irniuinit is "T t'" inmates nf the State Lumilic Asylum h! Ulica. by looks and gestures. that there nre in that refuge nt preseui, 14 victims of When necessary, exhibit firmness and Riiilmrity, I this stupid and infamous imposture, whoso insanity Is always wilh perlt-ct temper, composure and sell -pus "cnhed to tins sou.ee. session. 1 Never give a child that which if cries fort nnd avoid There is au infinite deal of iruth in ibia almtt nn. being too ready in answering children's demands', else graph t they become imputiei.t of relusal, and sellidi. I " Nothing g'eat ever yet succeeded thai w an not first tv lieu the child is most violent, the mother should be I Hissed at by something very small." mosl culm and silent. Out screaming t screaming child I - .. is as use lest, as it is miseiiievuus. steady dental ot Hie HiT.LSDonoutni PosTNisTRras.-The Newt brinoa object screamed for, is ihe best cure for screaming. wmd that Mrs. Hnrah It. Williamson. Hie widow of Hie doubt about Mr Pierce's senenltmical desi ent ib-V- - Land Reform. The land reformers give fair warning to the Democracy. They sny to them lhat if the Uemucn.tio Senate refuse tu pass the Homestead bill, they will bold tho Democracy responsible for it at Hie pods. They have about 16,000 voters in New York. Mr. Filch, a Locofoco, is cbairmnti of the Sen ate committee thai has reported againti this bill. The billowing resolutions bnve i tquint lo them lhat will mako Ihem interesting lo some folks. They were adopted at a Conveutiou of land r. formers In New York i 1 That as tho success or defeat of the Free rlnma. stoud bill depends entirely upon the action of ihe Democratic members nf Hie genato ot ihe Uuiled St des, of which body they constitute decided ma jority, we will ho'd tlie Democratic party of ihe Uuitrd Stales responsible for its passage before thn close of die pi est nl session of Congiesa; and it is further ro sob ed : Q. That if ihe said hill sbnuld not be pnisrd at iho present session of Congress, it will be because iho rtgii-s and (uteresls of Humanity and of t e great Detn neraiio M-isses bat e been corruotly sold in nu-. h. import lor the Demnontic 1'residci.nnl ticket from nrislorratic and speculative cliques, or because the dt rnocrm-y ot dm lenders of ihe Demot-rslio party ia iii-ni .j mil aiipri in mi, n WCMUCMACT OF WORUS AND phha-es cbimorotisl) reiterated as passports to the public treasury. Oennrs'll'lerce's f rai d-pan nta were tilth. Hi CtHrirr, The fathers of all Locofoco cndiilntes are ttiahmen ami ibeir mntheis Dun hnieli just ht lore eleciUO'. To take their own sioti.-a "for irue," ihev have mil bad a nanve born candidate tor twenty years. It is not more than two weeks aim e it wt.s pmv, d as plain as a bed post hut I'ierce was drsteiidid " in Hie perpendicular line," as Pompoli.ni sns in Hit play, Irom l.ravn Pen y, surnaiued Hotspur. Hitoiy does mil s ale Hint Harry Perry was nn l(iahuanl The Coiiri.r muat explain ihe inroligniity. Notwithstanding there (a 111 Slicll Contests. Witnesses should Withdraw Rnd I late noalmaa'or nt llillabom' U .noni.it .,. ...,. ,! l.i. .1 ,if. i?. i .. Isave the mother and child alone. A nhild la verv ' ml.trw.. .i .1... n1.- W- . ..u i i. i. r ' r.... ... . , T. -". at a t ........... t...HW. wnu u udiii ... tiij luouHtu uiuuioui, BVJJtHO CXpTtM.